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 ...
Security Council Resolution 42, adopted on March 5, 1948, called upon the
permanent members of the Council to consult and inform it regarding the situation in
Palestine
__NOTOC__
Palestine may refer to:
* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
* Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
and to make recommendations to the
United Nations Palestine Commission
The United Nations Palestine Commission was created by United Nations Resolution 181. It was responsible for implementing the UN Partition Plan of Palestine and acting as the Provisional Government of Palestine. The 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandat ...
. The Resolution also appealed to all governments and peoples, particularly those around Palestine to aid the situation in any way possible.
The resolution was adopted with eight votes to none and abstentions from
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
and the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
.
See also
*
List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100
This is a list of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 adopted between 25 January 1946 and 27 October 1953.
See also
* Lists of United Nations Security Council resolutions
* List of United Nations Security Council Resolution ...
(1946–1953)
References
Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
External links
*
{{UNSCR 1948
0042
0042
Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the United Nations
1948 in Israel
March 1948 events