United Nations Security Council Resolution 205

UN Security Council
Resolution 205
UN Security Council; Resolution 205
	Flag-map of the Dominican Republic
Date	May 22 1965
Meeting no.	1217
Subject	The situation in the Dominican Republic
Voting summary	10 voted for; None voted against; 1 abstained;
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China; France; United Kingdom; United States; Soviet Union;
Non-permanent members	Bolivia; Ivory Coast; Jordan; Malaysia; Netherlands; Uruguay;

United Nations Security Council Resolution 205, adopted on May 22, 1965, in the face of a potentially widening conflict in the Dominican Republic, the Council requested that the temporary suspension of hostilities in Santo Domingo called for in United Nations Security Council Resolution 203 be transformed into a permanent cease-fire and invited the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Council on the implementation of this resolution.^[1]

The resolution was adopted by ten votes to none; the United States abstained.

In the days following the resolution, a de facto cessation of hostilities took place in Santo Domingo.^[2]

References

^ "Security Council Resolution 205 - UNSCR". unscr.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
^ Wellens, Karen; T.M.C. Asser Instituut (1990). Resolutions and statements of the United Nations Security Council (1946–1989): a thematic guide. BRILL. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-7923-0796-9.