United Nations Security Council Resolution 218

United Nations Security Council Resolution 218, adopted on November 23, 1965, after recalling previous resolutions on the topic, and Portugal's failure to implement them, the Council again demanded that Portugal withdrawal its military presence from her colonies and enter negotiations with political parties there regarding independence.

UN Security Council Resolution 218
Date	November 23 1965
Meeting no.	1268
Subject	Question relating to Territories under Portuguese administration
Voting summary	7 voted for None voted against 4 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China France United Kingdom United States Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Bolivia Ivory Coast Jordan Malaysia Netherlands Uruguay
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The council also affirmed that the situation resulting from the conflict to retain the colonies seriously disturbed international peace and security and requested that all states refrain from supplying Portugal with any arms or war materials that would enable her to continue to repress the people of the territories under its administration.

The resolution passed with seven votes, while France, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States abstained.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971)
• Portuguese Empire

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 218 at Wikisource