United Nations Security Council Resolution 95

United Nations Security Council Resolution 95, was adopted on September 1, 1951. After it reminded both sides in the Arab–Israeli conflict of recent promises and statements saying they would work for peace, the Council chastised Egypt for preventing ships bound for Israeli ports from travelling through the Suez Canal and called upon the Egyptian Government to immediately cease all interference with any shipping save that which was essential for safety. It was passed by 8 votes to none, with 3 abstentions by China, India and the Soviet Union. It was a rare resolution critical of the Arab states in the Arab–Israeli conflict, passed before the period that the Soviet Union invariably used its veto power against such resolutions.

UN Security Council Resolution 95
Map of the Suez Canal
Date	September 1 1951
Meeting no.	558
Code	S/2322 (Document)
Subject	The Palestine Question
Voting summary	8 voted for None voted against 3 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France Soviet Union United Kingdom United States
Non-permanent members	Brazil Ecuador India  Netherlands Turkey  Yugoslavia
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The resolution was adopted by eight votes in favour, and three abstentions from India, the Republic of China and Soviet Union.

See also

• Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946–1953)
• Suez Crisis
• Soviet Union and the Arab–Israeli conflict

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 95 at Wikisource