United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoni ...

Security Council Resolution 38, adopted on January 17, 1948, called upon the governments of

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and

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

to refrain from in any way aggravating the situation in

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

and deploy any means at their disposal to improve it. It further requests both governments inform the council of any material changes in the situation while it is under the

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’s consideration. The resolution was approved nine votes to none, with

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

and the

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abstaining.

References

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

* {{UNSCR 1948 0038 0038 1948 in India 1948 in Pakistan January 1948 events

See also

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