United Nations Security Council Resolution 17

United Nations Security Council Resolution 17 was adopted on 10 February 1947. The Council declared that the commission established by Resolution 15 did not have the authority to request the governments of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, or Yugoslavia to postpone any executions of political prisoners unless the commission believed they could provide testimony helpful to its work.

UN Security Council Resolution 17
Bulgaria-Greece border
Date	10 February 1947
Meeting no.	101
Code	S/RES/17 (Document)
Subject	The Greek Question
Voting summary	9 voted for None voted against 2 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France Soviet Union United Kingdom United States
Non-permanent members	Australia Belgium  Brazil Colombia  Poland  Syria
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Resolution 17 passed with nine votes to none. Poland and the Soviet Union abstained.^[1]

See also

• Albania and the United Nations
• Yugoslavia and the United Nations
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 12
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 23
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 28
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 34