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S/RES/134(1960)

Security Council resolution 134 (1960) [on the situation in the Union of South Africa arising out of the large-scale killings of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators in Sharpeville]

Body
Security Council
Date
1960-04-01
Meeting record
S/PV.856
Draft
S/4299
Agenda item(s)
Letter dated 25 March 1960 from the representatives of Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, Ethiopia, Federation of Malaya, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Republic and Yemen addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/4279 and Add.1).

Tally

Yes 9Abstain 2

Roll call

Roll call – S/RES/134(1960)
CountryPosition
ArgentinaYes
China · permanent memberYes
EcuadorYes
ItalyYes
PolandYes
Sri LankaYes
TunisiaYes
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”) · permanent memberYes
United States · permanent memberYes
France · permanent memberAbstain
United Kingdom · permanent memberAbstain

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Topics

Assigned automatically by keyword rules, not by the UN. Rule ids are shown for audit.

Africa · r-af-1Asia and Pacific · r-as-1Middle East · r-me-1

Sources

Voting data: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Security Council Voting Data (Version 7, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4055387, and General Assembly Voting Data (Version 6, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4060887. Vetoes: UN Peace & Security Data Hub, Security Council Data – Vetoes Since 1946 (DPPA-SCVETOES). © United Nations; used for non-commercial purposes with attribution.