United Nations Security Council Resolution 268

United Nations Security Council Resolution 268, adopted on July 28, 1969, after hearing statements by the parties involved, the Council strongly censured Portugal for attacks on in Katete in eastern Zambia. The Council called upon Portugal to desist from violating the territorial integrity of and carrying out unprovoked raids against Zambia. The Council demanded the Portuguese military return all civilians kidnapped and all property taken declaring that if Portugal failed to comply they would meet to consider further measures.

UN Security Council Resolution 268
Date	July 28 1969
Meeting no.	1,491
Code	S/RES/268 (Document)
Subject	Complaint by Zambia
Voting summary	11 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	Algeria  Colombia  Finland  Hungary    Nepal  Pakistan  Paraguay  Senegal  Spain  Zambia

Resolution 268 was adopted by 11 votes to none, while France, Spain, the United Kingdom and United States abstained.

See also

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

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 268 at Wikisource