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UN Security Council
Resolution 19 |
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| Date: | February 13 1947 |
| Meeting no.: | 114 |
| Code: | S/RES/19 (Document) |
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| Vote: | For: 8 Abs.: 3 Against: 0 |
| Subject: | The Corfu Channel incidents |
| Result: | Adopted |
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| Security Council composition in 1947: | |
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| AUS BEL BRA | |
| COL POL SYR | |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 19, adopted on February 27, 1947, created a sub-committee of three members to examine all the facts involved in the dispute between the United Kingdom and Albania over the Straits of Corfu and to make a report to the Council no later than March 10, 1947. Two British vessels were sunk by mines in the Straits on October 22, 1946.
The resolution passed with 8 votes, with three abstentions from the Poland, the Soviet Union and Syria.
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