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Security Council Resolution 64, adopted on December 28, 1948, noted that the

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had not complied with the demands to release the

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and other

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s as issued in

United Nations Security Council Resolution 63 United Nations Security Council Resolution 63, adopted on December 24, 1948, in response to a report by the Committee of Good Offices the Council called upon the parties to cease hostilities and to release the President of the Republic of Indon ...

. The Resolution demanded that the Netherlands set free these prisoners forthwith and report to the

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within 24 hours. The resolution passed with eight votes in favour.

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and the

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abstained.

References

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

* {{UNSCR 1948 0064 Indonesian National Revolution 0064 0064 1948 in Indonesia December 1948

See also

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