United Nations Security Council Resolution 19

United Nations Security Council Resolution 19, adopted on February 27, 1947, created a sub-committee of three members to examine all the facts involved in the dispute between the United Kingdom and Albania over the Corfu Channel incident and to make a report to the Council no later than March 10, 1947. Two British vessels were sunk by mines in the Straits on October 22, 1946.

UN Security Council Resolution 19
Date	February 27 1947
Meeting no.	114
Code	S/RES/19 (Document)
Subject	The Corfu Channel incidents
Voting summary	8 voted for None voted against 3 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

The resolution passed with 8 votes, with three abstentions from Poland, the Soviet Union and Syria.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946–1953)
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 22

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 19 at Wikisource