| Number: | 168 |
| Organ: | SC |
| Date: | November 3 |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Meeting: | 972 |
| Code: | S/4972 |
| Document: | https://undocs.org/S/RES/168(1961) |
| For: | 11 |
| Abstention: | 0 |
| Against: | 0 |
| Subject: | Recommendation regarding the appointment of an acting Secretary-General |
| Result: | Adopted |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 168 was adopted on November 3, 1961. After Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was killed in a plane crash, the Security Council met to select his successor. The Council recommended to the General Assembly that Burmese diplomat U Thant be appointed as acting Secretary-General for the remainder of rest of Hammarskjöld's term.
The resolution was adopted unanimously by all members of the Council.