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Resolution 51

The India-Pakistan Question

Abstract

51 (1948). Resolution of 3 June 1948
[S/819] The Security Council
1. Reaffirms its resolutions 38 (1948) of 17 January, 39 (1948) of 20 January and 47 (1948) of 21 April 1948;
2. Directs the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan to proceed without delay to the areas of
dispute with a view to accomplishing in priority the duties assigned to it by resolution 47 (1948);
3. Directs the Commission further to study and report to the Security Council when it considers it appropriate
on the matters raised in the letter of the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, dated 15 January 1948,
in the order outlined in paragraph D of Council resolution 39 (1948).

Adopted at the 312th meeting by 8 votes to none, with 3 abstentions (China, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).

Topics
Pakistan, India
Year
1948
Title
The India-Pakistan Question
Related with resolutions
38 39 47
Quoted in resolutions
91 122
Security Council Composition
CHN FRA SUN GBR USA ARG BEL CAN COL SYR UKR