| Number: | 279 |
| Organ: | SC |
| Date: | May 12 |
| Year: | 1970 |
| Meeting: | 1,537 |
| Code: | S/RES/279 |
| Document: | https://undocs.org/S/RES/279(1970) |
| For: | 15 |
| Abstention: | 0 |
| Against: | 0 |
| Subject: | The Situation in the Middle East |
| Result: | Adopted |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 279, adopted unanimously on May 12, 1970, at 15 words is the second shortest Security Council resolution ever adopted; it reads simply "The Security Council Demands the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli armed forces from Lebanese territory." The resolution came in the context of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon.