United Nations Security Council Resolution 31
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 31
, adopted on August 25, 1947, offered to assist in the peaceful resolution of the Indonesian National Revolution
Indonesian National Revolution
The Indonesian National Revolution or Indonesian War of Independence was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire, and an internal social revolution...

 by setting up a committee of three members; one to be chosen by the Netherlands
Netherlands
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, one to be chosen by Indonesia
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Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 and the third to be chosen by the other two members of the committee.

The resolution passed eight votes to none, with abstentions from Poland
Poland
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, Syria
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 and the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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See also

  • List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946 – 1953)
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 27
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 27
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 27, adopted on August 1, 1947, called for the opposing Netherlands and Indonesian Republicans in the Indonesian National Revolution to lay down their arms and to allow a peaceful mediation of the conflict....

  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 30
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 30
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 30, adopted on August 25, 1947, upon having learning of the desire of both the Netherlands and Indonesian Nationalists in the Indonesian National Revolution to comply with United Nations Security Council Resolution 27, the Council requested that each of...

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