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Security Council Resolution 76, adopted on October 5, 1949, after receiving a

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from the Consular Commission at

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to the President of the Security Council requesting that the United Nations assume future costs of military observers in

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the Council transmitted the message to the

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. The resolution was adopted by nine votes to one (

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) and one abstention from the

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References

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

* {{UNSCR 1949 0076 Indonesian National Revolution 0076 0076 1949 in Indonesia October 1949 events

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