United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/13729
Date: 1980-01-09 (meeting 2190)
Agenda: Letter dated 3 January 1980 addressed to the President of the Security Council by the representatives of Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Portugal,
Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Somalia, Spain,
Suriname, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Uruguay
and Venezuela (S/13724 and Add.1 and 2)
Vetoed by: RUSSIA/USSR

UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY
COUNCIL
Distr.
GENERAL
S/13729
6 January 1980
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

Bangladesh, Jamaica, Niger, the Philippines
and Zambia: draft tresolution

The Security Council,

Having considered the letter dated 3 January 1980 addressed to the President
of the Security Council (S/13724 and Add.1 and 2),

Gravely concerned over recent developments in Afghanistan and their
implications for international peace and security,

Reaffirming the right of all peoples to determine their own future free from
outside interference, including their right to choose their own form of
government,

Mindful of the obligations of Member States to refrain in their international
relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or
political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the
purposes of the United Nations,

1. Reaffirms anew its conviction that the preservation of sovereignty,
territorial integrity and political independence of every State is a fundamental
principle of the Charter of the United Nations, any violation of which on any
pretext whatsoever is contrary to its aims and purposes;

2. Deeply deplores the recent armed intervention in Afghanistan, which is
inconsistent with that principle;

3. Affirms that the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political
independence and non-aligned status of Afghanistan must be fully respected;

4. Calls for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all foreign
troops from Afghanistan in order to enable its people to determine their own form
of government and choose their economic, political and social systems free from
outside intervention, coercion or constraint of any kind whatsoever;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on progress towards the
implementation of this resolution within two weeks;

6. Decides to remain seized of this question.


Voting result: 13 yes, 2 no, 0 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Bangladesh
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Jamaica
vote: Y
country: Mexico
vote: Y
country: Niger
vote: Y
country: Norway
vote: Y
country: Philippines
vote: Y
country: Portugal
vote: Y
country: Tunisia
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: Y
country: United States of America
vote: Y
country: Zambia
vote: Y
country: German Democratic Republic
vote: N
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: N