United Nations Security Council Resolution 14

UN Security Council Resolution 14
Date	December 16 1946
Meeting no.	84
Code	S/RES/14 (Document)
Subject	Terms of elected members and rotating presidency of the Council
Voting summary	9 voted for None voted against 2 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China France United Kingdom United States Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Australia Brazil Egypt Mexico Netherlands Poland

United Nations Security Council Resolution 14, adopted on December 16, 1946, changed the rules of procedure so that the terms of the rotating presidency of the Council would correspond with the calendar year. Additionally, the terms of elected members of the Security Council were decided to commence on January 1 and end on December 31.

The resolution was adopted with 9 votes, with abstentions from the Soviet Union and United States.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946 – 1953)

References

• Text of the Resolution at UN.org (PDF)