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188, adopted on April 9, 1964, after a complaint by the

Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the northwestern part of what is now Yemen.The United States extend ...

about a British air attack on their territory on March 28, the Council deplored the action at Harib as well as at least 40 other attacks that had occurred in that area. The

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had also complained that Yemen had violated the airspace of the

Federation of South Arabia The Federation of South Arabia ( ar, اتحاد الجنوب العربي ') was a federal state under British protection in what would become South Yemen. Its capital was Aden. It was formed on 4 April 1962 from the 15 protected states of ...

. The Council asked the Yemen Arab Republic and the

to exercise the maximum restraint in order to avoid future conflict and requested the

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use his good offices to try to settle the issue with the parties. The resolution was adopted by nine votes to none, with the United Kingdom and the

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abstaining.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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