United Nations Security Council Resolution 83

United Nations resolution adopted in 1950

UN Security Council
Resolution 83

North Korea's offensive

Date

June 27 1950

Meeting no.

474

Code

S/1511 (Document)

Subject

Complaint of aggression upon the Republic of Korea

Voting summary

7 voted for
1 voted against
None abstained
1 absent
2 present not voting

Result

Adopted

Security Council composition

Permanent members

Non-permanent members

← 82

Lists of resolutions

84 →

North Korea and the United Nations
Part of a series on

North Korea and the United Nations Korea and the United Nations Permanent Mission of North Korea to the UN UNSC Resolution 702 (membership admission in 1991) List of Security Council resolutions COI Report on Human Rights in the DPRK (2014)
Nuclear proliferation Sanctions against North Korea UN Security Council resolutions: 825 (1993) 1695 (2006) 1718 (2006) 1874 (2009) 1928 (2010) 1985 (2011) 2050 (2012) 2087 (2013) 2094 (2013) 2141 (2014) 2207 (2015) 2270 (2016) 2321 (2016) 2356 (2017) 2371 (2017) 2375 (2017) 2397 (2017) 2407 (2018) 2464 (2019) 2515 (2020) 2569 (2021) 2627 (2022) 2680 (2023) UNSC Sanctions Committee on North Korea
Korean War United Nations Command UN Security Council Resolutions: 82 (1950) 83 (1950) 84 (1950) 85 (1950) 90 (1951) UN General Assembly Resolutions: 377 "United for Peace" (1950) 498 (1951) 500 (1951) 977 (1955)
v t e

United Nations Security Council Resolution 83, adopted on June 27, 1950, determined that the attack on the Republic of Korea by forces from North Korea constituted a breach of the peace. The Council called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and for the authorities in North Korea to withdraw their armed forces to the 38th parallel. They also noted the report by the United Nations Commission on Korea that stated North Korea's failure to comply with Security Council Resolution 82 and that urgent military measures were required to restore international peace and security.

The Council then recommended that "Members of the United Nations furnish such assistance to the Republic of Korea as may be necessary to repel the armed attack and to restore international peace and security in the area."

The resolution was adopted by seven votes to one against from Yugoslavia. Egypt and India were present but did not participate in voting. The Soviet Union did not veto the resolution because it had been boycotting the Security Council since January 1950, in protest of China's seat at the UN being held by the Republic of China and not the People's Republic of China.

References

Stueck, William (2008), "The United Nations, the Security Council, and the Korean War", in Lowe, Vaughan; Roberts, Adam; Welsh, Jennifer; Zaum, Dominik (eds.), The United Nations Security Council and War: The Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945, Oxford University Press, p. 266, ISBN 978-0-19-953343-5