Council Falls To Adopt Resolution On Situation In Czechoslovakia Receives Second Draft Resolution: The Security Council, early in the morning of 23 August, failed to adopt a resolution which would have had the Council condemn the armed intervention by the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact members in Czechoslovakia and call on those states to forthwith withdraw their forces. The draft received 10 votes favor to 2 against (Hungary. Soviet Union), with 3 abstentions (Algeria, India, Pakistan). The draft was co-sponored by Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France Paraguay, Senegal, the United Kingdom and the United States. The same eight delegations later introduced a draft resolution which would have the Council request the Secretary General to send immediately to Prague a Special Representative "who shall seek the release and ensure the personal safety of the Czechoslovak leaders under detention". A general view of the Council as delegates voted in favor of the draft resolution.
Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated 8-22-1968.
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