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Security Council Resolution 132, adopted on September 7, 1959, decided to appoint a sub-committee consisting of
Argentina
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Italy
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,
Japan
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, and instructed it to examine statements made before the Council concerning
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
and to receive further statements and documents, and make inquiries and report to the Council as soon as possible. It was the only resolution adopted by the Security Council in 1959.
Laos had previously accused troops from
North Vietnam of crossing its shared border and undertaking military attacks against Laos; the Security Council President convened a meeting urgently.
Resolution 132 was adopted by ten votes to one against, from the
Soviet Union
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The sub-committee concluded that the crossings were of a guerilla nature and it could not be clearly established that North Vietnamese troops were responsible.
See also
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(1953–1965)
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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