Security Council Resolution 39 (1948) [Establishing a Commission on the India-Pakistan Question]

S/RES/39(1948)View PDF

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A Resolution of the Security Council, published in 1948.

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Establishment India-Pakistan Question Jammu and Kashmir Political Status

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Adopts the following resolution :

Adopte la resolution suivante:

A. A Commission of the Security Council is hereby established, composed of representatives of three Memsecurite, composee de representants de trois Membres bers of the United Nations, one to be selected by de !'Organisation des Nations Unies, dont l'un sera India, one to be selected by Pakistan, and the third Chaque membre de la to be designated by the two so selected. 3 Each Commission sera habilite a choisir ses suppleants et representative on the Commission shall be entitled to select his alternates and assistants.

assistants.

B. The Commission shall proceed to the spot as quickly as possible. It shall act under the authority of the Security Council and in accordance with the securite et conformement aux instructions qu'elle en directions it may receive from it. It shall keep the Security Council currently informed of its activities and of the development of the situation. It shall report regulierement rapport, lui soumettant ses conclusions to the Security Council regularly, submitting its conet propositions. clusions and proposals.

C. The Commission is invested with a dual func- C.

La Commission est investie d'une double tion: (1) to investigate the facts pursuant to Article 34

8 By its resolution 47 (1948), the Council decided to increase the membership of the Commission to five. The position de celle-ci figure ci-apres, a la suite de ladite composition of the Commission is given below, following that resolution.

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2. of the Charter of the United Nations ; (2) to exercise, without interrupting the work of the Security Council, any mediatory influence likely to smooth away difficulties ; to carry out the directions given to it by the Security Council ; and to report how far the advice and directions, if any, of the Security Council have been carried out.

D. The Commission shall perform the functions described in clause C : ( 1) in regard to the situation in the J ammu and Kashmir State set out in the letter 'of the representative of India addressed to the President of the Security Council, dated 1 January 1948,4 and in the letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan addressed to the Secretary-General, dated 15 January 1948 ; 5 and (2) in regard to other situations set out in the letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan addressed to the Secretary-General, dated 15 January 1948, when the Security Council so directs.

E. The Commission shall take its decision by majority vote. It shall determine its own procedure. It may allocate among its members, alternate members, their assistants, and its personnel such duties as may have to be fulfilled for the realization of its mission and the reaching of its conclusions.

F. The Commission, its members, alternate members, their assistants, and its personnel shall be entitled to journey, separately or together, wherever the necessities of their tasks may require, and, in particular, within those territories which are the theatre of the events of which the Security Council is seized.

G. The Secretary-General shall furnish the Commission with such personnel and assistance as it may consider necessary.

Adopted at the 229th meeting by 9 votes to none, with 2 abstentions (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). par 9 voix contre zero, avec 2 abstentions (Republique socialiste sovietique d'Ukraine, Union des Republiques socialistes sovietiques).

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