United Nations Security Council Resolution 143

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 143 is a 1960 resolution that authorized the initial UN peacekeeping intervention in the Congo crisis, establishing the mandate for the United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UN Security Council Resolution on peacekeeping
United Nations Security Council resolution
abstainingMember France
Republic of China
United Kingdom
abstentions 3
adoptedAt United Nations Headquarters
adoptedIn New York City
aimedTo assist the Government of the Congo in maintaining law and order
maintain international peace and security in the Congo
authorized Secretary-General to provide military assistance to the Government of the Congo
deployment of United Nations military forces to the Congo
calledFor Belgium not to intervene in the internal affairs of the Congo
Belgium to withdraw its troops without delay
withdrawal of Belgian troops from the Congo
concerns decolonization of the Congo
post-independence conflict in the Congo
countryConcerned Belgium
Republic of the Congo
dateAdopted 1960-07-14
establishedMandateFor United Nations Operation in the Congo
followedBy United Nations Security Council Resolution 145
United Nations Security Council Resolution 146
hasDocumentSymbol S/4387
historicalSignificance first major UN peacekeeping operation in sub-Saharan Africa
languageOfAdoption English
French
legalBasis Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
meetingNumber 873
number 143
organ United Nations Security Council
partOf United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
precedes later UN peacekeeping mandates in the Congo
regionConcerned Central Africa
relatedTo Congo crisis
United Nations Operation in the Congo
requestedBy President Joseph Kasa-Vubu
linked to: Joseph Kasa-Vubu

Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba
linked to: Patrice Lumumba

Republic of the Congo
result adopted
subject Congo crisis
Congo question
typeOfAction peacekeeping authorization
voteAgainst 0
voteFor 8
yearAdopted 1960

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United Nations Operation in the Congo authorizedByResolution United Nations Security Council Resolution 143
ONUC createdByResolution UN Security Council Resolution 143
linked to: United Nations Security Council Resolution 143
United Nations Security Council Resolution 145 relatedTo United Nations Security Council Resolution 143
United Nations Security Council Resolution 146 follows United Nations Security Council Resolution 143
United Nations Security Council Resolution 161 reaffirms United Nations Security Council Resolution 143
United Nations Security Council Resolution 169 relatedTo United Nations Security Council Resolution 143
United Nations Security Council resolutions on the Indonesian Question hasPart United Nations Security Council Resolution 143