United Nations Security Council Resolution 515

UN Security Council
Resolution 515
Date: 29 July 1982
Meeting no.: 2,385
Code: S/RES/515 (Document)

Vote: For: 14 Abs.: 0 Against: 0
Subject: Lebanon
Result: Adopted

Security Council composition in 1982:
permanent members:

 CHN  FRA  UK  USA  USSR

non-permanent members:
 ZAI  ESP  GUY  IRL  JOR
 JPN  PAN  POL  TOG  UGA

Beirut (1982)

United Nations Security Council Resolution 515, adopted on July 29, 1982, after recalling resolutions 512 (1982), 513 (1982) and the Geneva Conventions, the Council demanded that Israel lift the blockade on Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, to allow urgent aid to the civilian population there. It also requested the Secretary-General to transmit the text of the resolution to the Government of Israel and to monitor the implementation of Resolution 515.

The resolution passed with 14 votes to none; the United States did not participate in the voting. Israel did not implement the resolution.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cattan, Henry (1988). The Palestine question. Routledge. p. 157. ISBN 978-0709948780. 

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