United Nations Security Council Resolution 515

United Nations Security Council resolution 515, adopted on 29 July 1982, after recalling resolutions 512 (1982), 513 (1982) and the Geneva Conventions, the Council demanded that Israel lift the blockade on Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, to allow urgent aid to the civilian population there. It also requested the Secretary-General to transmit the text of the resolution to the Government of Israel and to monitor the implementation of Resolution 515.

UN Security Council Resolution 515
Beirut (1982)
Date	29 July 1982
Meeting no.	2,385
Code	S/RES/515 (Document)
Subject	Lebanon
Voting summary	14 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	Guyana  Ireland  Jordan  Japan  Panama  Poland  Spain  Togo  Uganda  Zaire

The resolution passed with 14 votes to none; the United States did not participate in the voting. Israel did not implement the resolution.[1]

See also

• 1982 Lebanon War
• Blue Line
• Green Line, Beirut
• Israeli–Lebanese conflict
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 501 to 600 (1982–1987)
• Siege of Beirut

References

1. Cattan, Henry (1988). The Palestine question. Routledge. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7099-4878-0.

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 515 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org