United Nations Security Council Resolution 18 Explained

Number:18
Organ:SC
Date:February 13
Year:1947
Meeting:105
Code:S/RES/18
Document:https://undocs.org/S/RES/18(1947)
For:10
Abstention:1
Against:0
Subject:Armaments: Regulation and reduction
Result:Adopted

United Nations Security Council Resolution 18 was adopted by the United Nations Security Council on February 13, 1947.

According to General Assembly Resolution 41, the Council established the Commission on Conventional Armaments, which focused on regulating and reducing global armaments and armed forces to strengthen international peace.

Resolution 18 passed with ten votes to none. The Soviet Union abstained.[1]

Notes and References

  1. United Nations Security Council. (1947). Armaments: Regulation and Reduction (Resolution No. 18). Retrieved from UN Official Documents.