United Nations Security Council Resolution 276

UN Security Council Resolution 276
Date	January 30 1970
Meeting no.	1,529
Code	S/RES/276 (Document)
Subject	The Situation in Namibia
Voting summary	13 voted for None voted against 2 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China France Soviet Union United Kingdom United States
Non-permanent members	Burundi Colombia Finland Nepal Poland Spain Syria Zambia
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 276, adopted on January 30, 1970, after reaffirming previous resolutions and statements, the Council condemned South Africa's continued occupation of Namibia as illegal and decided to establish an ad hoc sub-committee to study the ways and means by which the Council's resolutions could be implemented. The Council requested all states and organizations give the sub-committee all the information and other assistance it may require and further requested the Secretary-General to give every assistance to the sub-committee.

The Council decided to resume consideration of the question of Namibia as soon as the recommendations of the sub-committee have been made available.

The resolution was adopted with 13 votes; France and the United Kingdom abstained.

An advisory opinion concerning Resolution 276, issued on 21 June 1971 by the International Court of Justice (I.C.J), gave rise to the term Namibia exception.

See also

• History of Namibia
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971)
• South West Africa

Sources

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 276 at Wikisource