United Nations Security Council Resolution 179

United Nations Security Council Resolution 179 was adopted on June 11, 1963. The parties directly concerned with the situation in Yemen agreed to disengage and the Governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Republic agreed to pay the expenses for a UN observers mission over 2 months. The Council urged the parties to observe the terms of disengagement and requested the Secretary-General establish the observation operation as he defined and to report to the Council on the implementation of the resolution.

UN Security Council Resolution 179
Map of Yemen
Date	June 11 1963
Meeting no.	1039
Code	S/5331 (Document)
Subject	Reports of the Secretary-General concerning developments relating to Yemen
Voting summary	10 voted for None voted against 1 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China France United Kingdom United States Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Brazil Ghana Morocco Norway Philippines Venezuela
Lists of resolutions

The resolution was adopted with ten votes; the Soviet Union abstained.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Yemen
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 101 to 200 (1953–1965)
• North Yemen Civil War

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 179 at Wikisource