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UN Resolution 502

Great Britain · Warfare / United Nations. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1982Date range
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Chronological records

1982

Anthony Parsons4 April 1982

Falkland Islands · Warfare / United Nations

The United Nations resolution is adopted by the council United Nations Security Council Resolution 502, which passes with ten votes in support, one against (Panama) and four abstentions (China, the Soviet Union, Poland and Spain)

Margaret Hilda Thatcher4 April 1982

Falkland Islands · Warfare / United Nations

The United Kingdoms United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons submits a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, the resolution, which condemned the hostilities and demanded immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands

Names involved

Anthony ParsonsMargaret Hilda Thatcher

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