United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/3730/Rev. 1
Date: 1956-11-04 (meeting 754)
Agenda: The situation in Hungary
Vetoed by: RUSSIA/USSR

United States of America: revised draft resolution

(Original text: English)
(4 November 1956)

The Security Council,

Considering that the United Nations is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members,

Recalling that the enjoyment of human rights and of fundamental freedoms in Hungary was specifically guaranteed by the Peace Treaty between Hungary and the Allied and Associated Powers signed at Paris on 10 February 1947 and that the general principle of these rights and freedoms is affirmed for all peoples in the Charter of the United Nations,

Convinced that present events in Hungary manifest clearly the desire of the Hungarian people to exercise and to enjoy fully their fundamental rights, freedoms and independence,

Deploring the use of Soviet military forces to suppress the efforts of the Hungarian people to reassert their rights,

Noting moreover the declaration by the Government of the Soviet Union of 30 October 1956, of its avowed policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other States,

Noting the communication of 1 November 1956 of the Government of Hungary to the Secretary-General regarding demands made by that Government to the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for "instant and immediate withdrawal of ... Soviet forces",

Noting further the communication of 2 November 1956 [S/3726] of the Government of Hungary to the Secretary-General asking the Security Council "to instruct the Soviet and Hungarian Governments to start the negotiations immediately" on withdrawal of Soviet forces,

Anxious to see the independence and sovereignty of Hungary respected;

1. Calls upon the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to desist forthwith from any form of intervention, particularly armed intervention, in the internal affairs of Hungary;

2. Calls upon the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to cease the introduction of additional armed forces into Hungary and to withdraw all of its forces without delay from Hungarian territory;

3. Affirms the right of the Hungarian people to a government responsive to its national aspirations and dedicated to its independence and well-being;

4. Requests the Secretary-General in consultation with the heads of appropriate specialized agencies to explore on an urgent basis the need of the Hungarian people for food, medicine and other similar supplies and to report to the Security Council as soon as possible;

5. Requests all Members of the United Nations and invites national and international humanitarian organizations to co-operate in making available such supplies as may be required by the Hungarian people.

Voting result: 9 yes, 1 no, 1 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Australia
vote: Y
country: Belgium
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: Cuba
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Iran
vote: Y
country: Peru
vote: Y
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: N
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: Y
country: United States of America
vote: Y
country: Yugoslavia
vote: A