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UN Security Council Resolution 248
Jordanian artillery battery at Karameh
Date	March 24 1968
Meeting no.	1407
Code	S/RES/248 (Document)
Subject	The Situation in the Middle East
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Soviet Union  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Algeria  Brazil  Canada  Denmark  Ethiopia  Hungary  India  Pakistan  Paraguay  Senegal
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 248, adopted on March 24, 1968, after receiving letters from Jordan and Israel as well as supplementary information from the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, the Council reaffirmed its previous resolutions and condemned the Battle of Karameh military action launched by Israel in flagrant violation of the UN Charter. The Council deplored all violent incidents in violation of the cease-fire and called upon Israel to desist from acts and activities in contravention of resolution 237.

See also

• Battle of Karameh
• Arab–Israeli conflict
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971)

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

• United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Israel
• 1968 United Nations Security Council resolutions
• 1968 in Israel
• United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Jordan
• March 1968 events