UN Security Council
1974

Resolution 345 (1974) of 17 January 1974 The Security Council, Having considered the question concerning the inclusion of Chinese among the working languages of the Security Council, Bearing in mind General Assembly resolution 3189 (XXVIII) of 18 December 1973, Taking into account that the General Assembly, in that resolution, after noting that four of the five official languages had already been made working languages of the General Assembly and the Security Council and affirming that, in the interest of efficiency in the work of the United Nations, Chinese should be accorded the same status as the other four official languages, decided to include Chinese among the working languages of the Assembly and considered it desirable to include Chinese among the working languages of the Security Council, Decides to include Chinese among the working languages of the Security Council and to amend accordingly the relevant provisions of chapters VIII and IX of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council as set forth in the annex to the present resolution. ANNEX