United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 Security Council Resolution

United Nations Security Council Resolution

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 8 was adopted on August 29, 1946 by ten votes to none, with Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 abstaining.

Following up on Security Council Resolution 6

United Nations Security Council Resolution 6

United Nations Security Council Resolution 6, adopted unanimously on May 17, 1946, listed dates when the Security Council would review new applicants for the UN. The resolution was amended on July 24 because of the postponement of the opening date of the second part of the first session of the...

, the Security Council

United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of...

 reviewed requests for membership by People's Republic of Albania, the Mongolian People's Republic, Afghanistan

Kingdom of Afghanistan

The Kingdom of Afghanistan was an Islamic monarchy in south Central Asia established in 1926 as a successor state to the Emirate of Afghanistan, following the ascension to the throne by Amanullah Khan and his proclaming Afghanistan a kingdom in 1926, after 7 years on the throne...

, the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, Portugal, Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

, Siam, and Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. The Council recommended the General Assembly

United Nations General Assembly

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 admit Afghanistan, Iceland, and Sweden. A recommendation for Siam's admission was given in Resolution 13

United Nations Security Council Resolution 13

United Nations Security Council Resolution 13, adopted on December 12, 1946, after examining the application of Siam for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Siam be admitted. It was adopted unanimously.-References:*...

the following December.