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Security Council

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The Security Council took up this item at its 1040th–1049th meetings, July 22–31, 1963. At the invitation of the President, the representatives of Tunisia, Liberia, Portugal, Sierra Leone, and Madagascar took places at the Council table. The item was being considered at the request of 32 African governments, which had sent a letter to the President of the Security Council asking the Council to consider “the situation in the territories under Portuguese domination.” According to this letter, which was accompanied by an explanatory memorandum setting forth the decisions of the heads of African states on this matter at the Addis Ababa Conference of May 22–25, 1963 the state of war prevailing in some of these territories following the persistent refusal of Portugal to comply with certain General Assembly and Security Council resolutions constituted a definite breach of peace and security in the African continent as well as a threat to international peace and security.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities I. United Nations
Information
International Organization , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , Autumn 1963 , pp. 939 - 944
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1963

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References

1 Document S/5347.

2 See this issue.p.989.

3 Document S/5372.

4 Document S/4835.

5 "Declaration on the Granting of Independenceto Colonial Countries and Peoples."

6 Article 25 states: "The Members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry out the decisionsof the Security Council in accordance with the present Charter."

7 Document S/4835.

8 Chapter VII sets forth the procedure for un action with respect to threats to the peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of aggression.

9 Document S/5379.