The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498 was approved on 1 February 1951, in response to the intervention of Chinese Communist troops in the Korean War.
It was the first time in which United Nations treated a nation as an aggressor.
Background
In late 1950, hundreds of thousands of Chinese Communist troops crossed into North Korea to help the troops of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to fight the coalition led by United States and the Republic of Korea.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) vote followed unsuccessful attempts by the U.S. delegation to the United Nations to have the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) take action against the Chinese Communists. Exercising his nation's veto power, the Soviet representative on the Security Council consistently blocked the U.S. effort. Turning to the General Assembly, the U.S. delegation called for the United Nations to condemn communist China as an aggressor in Korea.
The resolution in few words The resolution had 3 main points: The aggression of the People's Republic of China is condemned The Chinese troops are exhorted to leave Korea The United Nations member states are exhorted to continue supporting the U.N. troops in Korea
The voting in detail For
Brazil
Chile
Philippines
Against
Burma
Abstentions
Syria Yemen
Aftermath
The action was largely symbolic, because many nations were reluctant to take more forceful action against the People's Republic of China for fear that the conflict in Korea would escalate. While economic and political sanctions could have been brought against Red China, the United Nations decided to take no further action. The Korean War continued for 2 more years, finally resulting in a stalemate and an armistice in 1953. No peace treaty has been signed; and the Korean conflict remains a frozen conflict, which has occasionally flared, such as in the 1966–1969 DMZ Conflict.
See also Korean War United Nations General Assembly resolution United Nations Security Council resolution
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