RE: Korean-War:UN Peace Keeping

[Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>]

At 04:40 PM 5/11/02 +0930, Martin Dunne wrote:
>
>I have never read or heard of any contemporary commentator pointing out the
>... how shall I put it... unusual step of removing themselves from the
>Security Council in time to miss vetoing Korean War resolutions.
>Has anyone got any citations for me?

See any of the standard histories of the Korean War, such as Clay Blair's
FORGOTTEN WAR, for details.

Web Sites on this abound.  A quick Google search revealed:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkorea.htm
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1990/ch8_p4.htm
http://www.skalman.nu/koreanwar/1950.htm
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/korea/home.html

There are many, many other web sites which cover this.  The Soviet boycott
of the Security Council began in very early 1950 and was a protest against
the refusal of the UN to seat the Chinese Communist government in the UN in
place of the ROC;  the boycott ended on 1 AUG 50.

Marc

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