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United Nations Security Council Resolution 257

United Nations Security Council resolution

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 22, 2025
Entity authorityQ1964846 ↗
Source-derived summary

United Nations Security Council Resolution 257, adopted unanimously on September 11, 1968, after examining the application of Swaziland for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Swaziland be admitted.

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“United Nations Security Council Resolution 257” enters the record as united Nations Security Council resolution. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what United, Nations and Security can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1968—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1968-09-11. Its strongest next move is a source search built around United, Nations and Security.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 22, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1964846. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1968.

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This entry incorporates text from “United Nations Security Council Resolution 257” 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.