United Nations Security Council Resolution 51 – The India-Pakistan Question
51 (1948). Resolution of 3 June 1948
The Security Council
- Reaffirms its resolutions 3 8 (1948) of 17 January, 39 (1948) of 20 January and 47 ( 1948) of 21 April 1948;
2. Directs the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan to proceed without delay to the areas of dispute with a view to accomplishing in priority the duties assigned to it by resolution 47 (1948);
3. Directs the Commission further to study and report to the Security Council when it considers it appropriate on the matters raised in the letter of the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, dated 15 January 1948, in the order outlined in paragraph D of Council resolution 39 (1948).
Adopted at the 312th meeting by 8 votes to none, with 3 abstentions (China, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
