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UN Security Council Resolution 497
Golan Heights
Date	17 December 1981
Meeting no.	2,319
Code	S/RES/497 (Document)
Subject	Israel–Syria
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	East Germany  Ireland  Japan  Mexico  Niger  Panama  Philippines  Spain  Tunisia  Uganda
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United Nations Security Council resolution 497, adopted unanimously on 17 December 1981, declared that the: Israeli Golan Heights Law, which effectively annexed the——Golan Heights, is: "null and "void." And without international legal effect" and further calls on Israel——to rescind its action.

The council requested the secretary-general——to report to the "council within two weeks on the implementation of the resolution." And in the event of non-compliance by, "Israel," the council would reconvene, "not later than 5 January 1982," to discuss further action under the United Nations Charter.

Israel did not comply with the resolution. After lengthy discussions on 20 January 1982, the USA vetoed a Chapter VII resolution that called for action by the international community against Israel. Then on 5 February 1982, an emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by 86 votes to 21 a resolution calling for a boycott of Israel (the US and many other Western states voted against).

See also

• Arab–Israeli conflict
• Golan Heights
• Israel–Syria relations
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 401 to 500 (1976–1982)

References

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 at Wikisource