United Nations Security Council Resolution 156

UN Security Council Resolution 156
Map of the Dominican Republic
Date	September 9 1960
Meeting no.	895
Code	S/4491 (Document)
Subject	Question relating to the Dominican Republic
Voting summary	9 voted for None voted against 2 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Soviet Union  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Argentina  Ceylon Ecuador  Italy  Poland  Tunisia
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 156, adopted on September 9, 1960, after receiving a report from the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) the Council noted its approval regarding the first resolution of the Meeting of Consultations of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics whereby an agreement was reached on the application of measures regarding the Dominican Republic.

Following the OAS' decision to break off diplomatic relations and sanction the Trujillo regime after its involvement in an assassination attempt against President Rómulo Betancourt of Venezuela,[1] the Soviet Union provided a text draft of the resolution, however this was rejected by other members of the Council due to the issue of non-military sanctions.[2]

The resolution was adopted by nine votes to none; the People's Republic of Poland and Soviet Union abstained.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 101 to 200 (1953–1965)
• Assassination attempt of Rómulo Betancourt

References

1. Final Act of the Sixth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of 21 August 1960, Resolution 1, OAS Official Records, OEA/Ser.C/II.6
2. Frowein, Jochen Abr; Wolfrum, Rüdiger (1997). Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume 1. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 177–178. ISBN 978-90-411-0700-8.

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 156 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org