United Nations General Assembly Resolution
A United Nations General Assembly resolution is a decision or declaration voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly.
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491 was adopted on 28 September 1950 for the admission of
Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Ind ...
to the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
. Accordingly to the recommendation by the
United Nations Security Council Resolution 86
United Nations United Nations Security Council Resolution, Security Council Resolution 86, adopted on September 26, 1950, having found that the Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia was a peace-loving State which fulfilled the conditions laid down in A ...
, two days before the 289th UN General Assembly meeting, in which 10 countries voted for the admission of Indonesia meanwhile China abstained from the voting.
Indonesia became the 60th member of
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
until it withdrew in 1965 and established its own intergovernmental organization known as
CONEFO
The Conference of the New Emerging Forces (CONEFO) was an effort by President Sukarno of Indonesia to create a new bloc of "emerging countries" that would be an alternative power centre to the United Nations and to the "old-established forces"— ...
, and rejoined in 1966.
See also
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Indonesia and the United Nations
Indonesia officially became the 60th member of the United Nations on 29 September 1950, in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 86 two days before, and the United Nations General Assembly resolution number A/RES/491 (V) o ...
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 86
United Nations United Nations Security Council Resolution, Security Council Resolution 86, adopted on September 26, 1950, having found that the Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia was a peace-loving State which fulfilled the conditions laid down in A ...
Reference
Text of the UNGA Resolutions at undocs.org*
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Indonesia and the United Nations