United Nations Security Council Resolution 38

United Nations Security Council Resolution 38, adopted on January 17, 1948, called upon the governments of India and Pakistan to refrain from in any way aggravating the situation in Kashmir and deploy any means at their disposal to improve it. It further requests both governments inform the council of any material changes in the situation while it is under the Council’s consideration.

UN Security Council Resolution 38
Date	January 17 1948
Meeting no.	229
Code	S/RES/38 (Document)
Subject	The India–Pakistan question
Voting summary	9 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	Argentina  Belgium  Canada  Colombia  Syria  Ukrainian SSR

The resolution was approved nine votes to none, with Ukrainian SSR and the Soviet Union abstaining.

See also

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

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 38 at Wikisource