United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/15966/Rev.1
Date: 1983-09-12 (meeting 2476)
Agenda: Letter dated 1 September 1983 from the Acting Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15947)--Letter dated 1 September 1983 from the Permanent Observer for the Republic of Korea to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15948)--Letter dated 1 September 1983 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15949)--Letter dated 1 September 1983 from the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15950)--Letter dated 2 September 1983 from the Acting Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15951)
Vetoed by: RUSSIA/USSR

UNITED
NATIONS
Security Council
Distr.
GENERAL
S/15966/Rev.1
12 September 1983
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Fiji, France, Germany,
Federal Republic of, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Paraguay, Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of
America: revised draft resolution
The Security Council,
Having considered the letters dated 1 September 1983 from the Acting Permanent
Representative of the United States of America (S/15947), the Permanent Observer of
the Republic of Korea (S/15948), the Chargé d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of
Canada (S/15949) and the Permanent Representative of Japan (S/15950), and the
letter dated 2 September 1983 from the Acting Permanent Representative of Australia
(S/15951),
Gravely disturbed that a civil air liner of the Korean Airlines on an
international flight was shot down by Soviet military aircraft, with the loss of
all 269 people on board,
Expressing its sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the
incident, and urging all parties concerned, as a humanitarian gesture, to assist
them in dealing with the consequences of this tragedy,
Reaffirming the rules of international law that prohibit acts of violence
which pose a threat to the safety of international civil aviation,
Recognizing the importance of the principle of territorial integrity as well
as the necessity that only internationally agreed procedures should be used in
response to intrusions into the airspace of a State,
Stressing the need for a full and adequate explanation of the facts of the
incident based upon impartial investigation,
Recognizing the right under international law to appropriate compensation,
1. Deeply deplores the destruction of the Korean air liner and the tragic
loss of civilian life therein;
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S/15966/Rev.1
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2. Declares that such use of armed force against international civil
aviation is incompatible with the norms governing international behaviour and
elementary considerations of humanity;

3. Urges all States to comply with the aims and objectives of the Chicago
Convention on International Civil Aviation;

4. Welcomes the decision to convene an urgent meeting of the Council of the
International Civil Aviation Organization to consider the Korean air liner incident;

5. Urges all States to co-operate fully with the International Civil
Aviation Organization in efforts to strengthen the safety of international civil
aviation and to prevent any recurrence of such use of armed force against
international civil aviation;

6. Invites the Secretary-General, making use of such expert advice as he
deems necessary and in consultation with appropriate international bodies, to
conduct a full investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy;

7. Further invites the Secretary-General to report his findings to the
Security Council within 14 days;

8. Calls upon all States to lend their fullest co-operation to the
Secretary-General in order to facilitate his investigation pursuant to the present
resolution;

9. Decides to remain seized of the issue.


Voting result: 9 yes, 2 no, 4 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: France
vote: Y
country: Jordan
vote: Y
country: Malta
vote: Y
country: Netherlands
vote: Y
country: Pakistan
vote: Y
country: Togo
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: Y
country: United States of America
vote: Y
country: Zaire
vote: Y
country: Poland
vote: N
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: N
country: China
vote: A
country: Guyana
vote: A
country: Nicaragua
vote: A
country: Zimbabwe
vote: A