United Nations Security Council Resolution 17

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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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.

Resolution 17 passed with nine votes to none. Poland and the Soviet Union abstained.^[1]

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