United Nations Security Council Resolution 161

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 161 is a 1961 measure addressing the crisis in the Congo, expanding and clarifying the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission there amid post-independence conflict and foreign intervention.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UN document ⓘ
United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
adoptedAt United Nations Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptionDate 1961-08-21 ⓘ
aimsTo ensureWithdrawalOfForeignMilitaryPersonnel ⓘ
preventCivilWarInCongo ⓘ
protectPoliticalIndependenceOfCongo ⓘ
protectTerritorialIntegrityOfCongo ⓘ
restoreLawAndOrderInCongo ⓘ
authorizes UNForcesToTakeAllAppropriateMeasures ⓘ
useOfForceIfNecessary ⓘ
bindingOn memberStatesOfTheUnitedNations ⓘ
callsFor cessationOfForeignInterventionInCongo ⓘ
refrainingFromAnyActionThatMightUndermineCongoUnity ⓘ
withdrawalOfBelgianAndOtherForeignTroops ⓘ
callsUpon allStatesToRefrainFromInterferenceInCongo ⓘ
chapterOfUNCharterInvoked Chapter VII ⓘ
clarifiesMandateOf United Nations Operation in the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
concernsCountry Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
concernsTerritory Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentCode S/RES/161(1961) NERFINISHED ⓘ
expandsMandateOf ONUC NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations Operation in the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdiction international law ⓘ
hasResolutionNumber 161 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
placeOfAdoption New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
reaffirms United Nations Security Council Resolution 143 NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 145 NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 146 NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 157 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo United Nations peacekeeping NERFINISHED ⓘ
post-independence conflicts in Africa ⓘ
requests Secretary-GeneralOfTheUnitedNations NERFINISHED ⓘ
requestsActionBy Secretary-GeneralOfTheUnitedNations NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject Congo Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
decolonization ⓘ
foreign intervention ⓘ
peacekeeping ⓘ
political independence ⓘ
protection of civilians ⓘ
territorial integrity ⓘ
use of force ⓘ
year 1961 ⓘ

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United Nations Operation in the Congo → authorizedByResolution → United Nations Security Council Resolution 161 ⓘ