United Nations Security Council Resolution 157

United Nations Security Council Resolution 157 was adopted on 17 September 1960. After a discussion of the Congo Crisis led to a lack of unanimity among the Security Council's permanent members and thus prevented it from exercising its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the Council decided to call an emergency special session of the General Assembly to make appropriate recommendations.

UN Security Council Resolution 157
Date	17 September 1960
Meeting no.	906
Code	S/4526 (Document)
Subject	The Congo Question
Voting summary	8 voted for 2 voted against 1 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Soviet Union  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Argentina  Ceylon Ecuador  Italy  Poland  Tunisia
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Resolution 157 was adopted with eight votes to two (People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union) and one abstention from France.

The fourth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly met on 17 to 19 September 1960.^[1]

See also

• Congo Crisis
• Resolutions 143, 145, 146, 161 and 169
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 101 to 200 (1953–1965)