United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/18250
Date: 1986-07-31 (meeting 2704)
Agenda: Letter dated 22 July 1986 from the Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/18230)
Vetoed by: USA

UNITED
NATIONS
Security Council
Distr.
GENERAL
S/18250
31 July 1986
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Trinidad and Tobago and united
Arab Emirates: draft resolution
The Security Council,
Having heard the statement of His Excellency Mr. Daniel Ortega Saavedra,
President of the Republic of Nicaragua,
Recalling resolution 530 (1983) which, inter alia, reaffirms the right of
Nicaragua and of all the other countries of the area to live in peace and security,
free from outside interference,
Recalling resolution 562 (1985) which, inter alia, reaffirms the sovereignty
and inalienable right of Nicaragua and other States freely to decide their own
political, economic and social systems, to develop their international relations
according to their people's interests free from outside interference, subversion,
direct or indirect coercion or threats of any kind,
Taking note of the Order of 10 May 1984 of the International Court of Justice
(S/16564) on the Provisional Measures of Protection, its Judgement of
26 November 1964 on the jurisdiction and admissibility of the demand of
9 April 1984 presented by Nicaragua and the final Judgement of the Court on
"Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua" on 27 June 1986
(S/16221),
Aware that, according to the Charter of the United Nations, the International
Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and that
each Member undertakes to comply with the decision of the Court in any case to
which it is a party,
Recalling all the relevant principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
particularly the obligation of States to settle their disputes exclusively by
peaceful means, not to resort to the threat or use of force and to respect the
self-determination of peoples and the sovereign independence of all States,
Recognizing tha repeated efforts made by the Cantadora Group and the Support
Group to promote a political and negotiated solution to the problems in Central
America,
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S/18250
English
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1. Reaffirms the role of the International Court of Justice as the principal
judicial organ of the United Nations and a means for peaceful solution of disputes
in the interest of international peace and security)

2. Makes an urgent and solemn call for full compliance with the Judgement of
the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 in the case of "Military and
Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua" (S/182211)

3. Recalls the obligation of all States to seek a solution to their disputes
by peaceful means in accordance with international law

4. Calls upon all States to refrain from carrying out, supporting or
promoting political, economic or military actions of any kind against any State of
the region that might impede the peace objective!? of the Contadora Group;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security Council informed of
the implementation of the present resolution.


Voting result: 11 yes, 1 no, 3 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Australia
vote: Y
country: Bulgaria
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: Congo
vote: Y
country: Denmark
vote: Y
country: France
vote: A
country: Ghana
vote: Y
country: Madagascar
vote: Y
country: Trinidad and Tobago
vote: Y
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: Y
country: United Arab Emirates
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: A
country: United States of America
vote: N
country: Venezuela
vote: Y
country: Thailand
vote: A