United Nations Security Council Resolution 307 Explained

Number:307
Organ:SC
Date:21 December
Year:1971
Meeting:1,621
Code:S/RES/307
Document:https://undocs.org/S/RES/307(1971)
For:13
Abstention:2
Against:0
Subject:The situation in the India/Pakistan Subcontinent
Result:Adopted

United Nations Security Council Resolution 307, adopted on December 21, 1971, after hearing statements from India and Pakistan, the Council demanded that a durable cease-fire be observed until withdrawals could take place to respect the cease-fire line in Jammu and Kashmir. The council also called for international assistance in the relief of suffering and rehabilitation of refugees as well as their return home and a request for the Secretary-General to keep the council informed on developments.

The resolution was adopted by 13 votes to none; the People's Republic of Poland and Soviet Union abstained from the vote.

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