United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 Explained

Number:1
Organ:SC
Date:25 January
Year:1946
Meeting:2
Code:S/RES/1
Document:https://undocs.org/S/RES/1(1946)
Subject:Establishment of a Military Staff Committee
Result:Adopted without vote

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 was adopted by the United Nations Security Council without a vote on January 25, 1946. The Council called for the Military Staff Committee to meet for the first time in London on February 1, 1946.

The Committee, formed under Article 47 of the Charter of the United Nations, was to include the chiefs of staff from the military organizations of the Council's five permanent members. Resolution 1 directed the Committee to convene and create proposals for its structure and procedures.[1]

Notes and References

  1. United Nations Security Council. (1946). Military Staff Committee (Resolution No. 1). Retrieved from UN Official Documents.