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Security Council Resolution 134, adopted on April 1, 1960, was passed after a complaint by twenty-nine Member States regarding " the situation arising out of the large-scale killings of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators against racial discrimination and segregation in the Union of South Africa". The Council recognized that the situation was brought about by the policies of the government of the

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and that if these policies continued they could endanger international peace and security. The resolution voiced the Council's anger at the policies and actions of the Government, offered their sympathies to the families of the victims, called upon the Government to initiate measures aimed at bringing about racial harmony based on equality and called upon it to abandon

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. The Council then requested that the

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consult with the government of the Union of South Africa to make arrangements to help uphold the principles of the Charter and to report to the Council whenever necessary and appropriate. The resolution was adopted with nine votes;

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and the

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abstained.

References

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

* {{UNSCR 1960 0134 1960 in South Africa 0134 April 1960

See also

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