United Nations Security Council Resolution 183

United Nations Security Council Resolution 183, adopted on December 11, 1963, after the Secretary-General established a failed meeting between representatives of Portugal and those of African States, the Council again deprecated Portugal's failure to free its colonies though they said they would take Portugal's granting amnesty to all political prisoners as a sign of good faith.

UN Security Council Resolution 183
Date	December 11 1963
Meeting no.	1083
Code	S/5481 (Document)
Subject	Question relating to Territories under Portuguese administration
Voting summary	10 voted for None voted against 1 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Brazil  Ghana  Morocco  Norway  Philippines  Venezuela

The resolution was adopted with 10 votes and one abstention from France.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 101 to 200 (1953–1965)
• Portuguese Empire
• Portuguese Colonial War

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 183 at Wikisource