United Nations Security Council Resolution 397 Explained

Number:397
Organ:SC
Date:22 November
Year:1976
Meeting:1,974
Code:S/RES/397
Document:https://undocs.org/S/RES/397(1976)
For:13
Abstention:1
Against:0
Presentnotvoting:1
Subject:Admission of new Members to the UN: Angola
Result:Adopted

United Nations Security Council Resolution 397, adopted on November 22, 1976, after examining the application of the People's Republic of Angola for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Angola (now the Republic of Angola) be admitted.

The resolution was adopted by 13 votes to none, while the United States abstained and China did not participate in the voting.

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