United Nations Security Council Resolution 12

United Nations Security Council Resolution 12, adopted on December 10, 1946, decided that Greece and Yugoslavia will be invited to participate without the right to vote, that Albania and Bulgaria will be invited to make declarations before the Council and that at a later stage Albania and Bulgaria may be invited to participate without the right to vote.

UN Security Council Resolution 12
Date	December 10 1946
Meeting no.	82
Code	S/RES/12 (Document)
Subject	The Greek Question
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Australia  Brazil  Egypt  Mexico  Netherlands  Poland

Paragraphs 1 and 2 were adopted unanimously, while paragraph 3 was adopted "by a majority vote". No vote was taken on the resolution as a whole.

The "Greek Question" was first brought up by the Soviet Union in January 1946 after allegations of interference in Greece's internal affairs by British troops caused tensions with other countries in the region.[1]

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946–1953)

References

1. Wellens, Karen; T.M.C. Asser Instituut (1990). Resolutions and statements of the United Nations Security Council (1946–1989): a thematic guide. BRILL. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-7923-0796-9.

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 12 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org