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United Nations Security Council Resolution 197

United Nations Security Council resolution

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 22, 2025
Entity authorityQ1951128 ↗
Source-derived summary

United Nations Security Council Resolution 197, adopted unanimously on October 30, 1964, after examining the application of the Republic of Zambia for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that the Republic of Zambia be admitted.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “United Nations Security Council Resolution 197” is united Nations Security Council resolution. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through United, Nations and Security, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1964-10-30. For this dossier, United, Nations and Security is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “united Nations Security Council resolution” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 22, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1951128. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “United Nations Security Council Resolution 197” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.