| Number: | 491 |
| Organ: | SC |
| Date: | 23 September |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Meeting: | 2,302 |
| Code: | S/RES/491 |
| Document: | https://undocs.org/S/RES/491(1981) |
| For: | 15 |
| Abstention: | 0 |
| Against: | 0 |
| Subject: | Admission of new Members to the UN: Belize |
| Result: | Adopted |
United Nations Security Council resolution 491, adopted unanimously on 23 September 1981, after examining the application of Belize for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Belize be admitted.