United Nations Security Council Resolution 239

United Nations Security Council Resolution 239, adopted unanimously on July 10, 1967, after reaffirming its concern over the issue and past condemnations, the Council again condemned any state which persisted in permitting or tolerating the recruitment of mercenaries or the provision of facilities to them, with the objective of overthrowing the governments of member states. The Council called upon governments to ensure that their territory and nationals were not being used for the planning of subversion, the recruitment, training or transit of mercenaries designed to overthrow the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

UN Security Council Resolution 239
Location of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date	July 10 1967
Meeting no.	1367
Code	S/RES/239 (Document)
Subject	Question concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Argentina  Brazil  Bulgaria  Canada  Denmark  Ethiopia  India  Japan  Mali  Nigeria

See also

• Congo Crisis
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971)

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 239 at Wikisource