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Security Council Resolution 211 was adopted on September 20, 1965. After the calls for a cease-fire in resolutions 209 and 210 went unheeded, the Council demanded that a cease-fire take effect at 0700 hours GMT on September 22 and that both forces withdraw to the positions held before August 5. The Council requested the

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ensure the supervision of the cease-fire and called on all states to refrain from any action which might aggravate the situation. The Council also decided that as soon as a cease-fire could be reached it would consider what steps could be taken to assist towards a settlement of the political problem underlying the conflict. The resolution was adopted by ten votes to none, with

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abstaining.

References

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

* {{UNSCR 1965 0211 Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 0211 September 1965

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