United Nations Security Council Resolution 17

UN Security Council Resolution 17
Date	10 February 1947
Meeting no.	101
Code	S/RES/17 (Document)
Subject	The Greek Question
Voting summary	9 voted for None voted against 2 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China France United Kingdom United States Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Australia Belgium Brazil Colombia Poland Syria
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 17, adopted on 10 February 1947, determined that the Commission of Investigation created by Security Council Resolution 15 was not empowered to request the governments of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria or Yugoslavia to postpone the executions of any of their political prisoners unless the Commission believed they could give testimony that might assist it in its work.

The resolution was adopted by 9 votes, with 2 abstentions from Poland and the Soviet Union.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946–1953)

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 17 at Wikisource