United Nations Security Council Resolution 276

United Nations Security Council Resolution 276, adopted on January 30, 1970, after reaffirming previous resolutions and statements, the Council condemned South Africa's continued occupation of Namibia as illegal and decided to establish an ad hoc sub-committee to study the ways and means by which the Council's resolutions could be implemented. The Council requested all states and organizations give the sub-committee all the information and other assistance it may require and further requested the Secretary-General to give every assistance to the sub-committee.

UN Security Council Resolution 276
Date	January 30 1970
Meeting no.	1,529
Code	S/RES/276 (Document)
Subject	The Situation in Namibia
Voting summary	13 voted for None voted against 2 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Burundi  Colombia  Finland    Nepal  Nicaragua  Poland  Sierra Leone  Spain  Syria  Zambia

The Council decided to resume consideration of the question of Namibia as soon as the recommendations of the sub-committee have been made available.

The resolution was adopted with 13 votes; France and the United Kingdom abstained.

See also

• History of Namibia
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971)
• South West Africa

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 276 at Wikisource