| UNSecurity Council Resolution 16 | ||||
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| Date | 10 January 1947 | |||
| Meeting no. | 91 | |||
| Code | S/RES/16 (Document) | |||
| Subject | Approval of the Statute of the Free Territory of Triste | |||
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| Result | Adopted | |||
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 16 was adopted on 10 January 1947. TheCouncil approved three documents, officially recognizing the establishment of theFree Territory of Trieste.
Resolution 16 passed with ten votes to none.Australia abstained.[1]
On 15 September 1947, thepeace treaty between theUnited Nations andItaly was ratified, establishing the Free Territory of Trieste. Between October 1947 and March 1948, theSoviet Union rejected the candidacy of 12 successive nominees for the civilian governor of the territory, at which point theUnited States,United Kingdom, andFrance issued a note to the Soviet andYugoslav governments on 20 March 1948 recommending that the territory be returned to Italian sovereignty.
Since no governor was ever appointed under the terms of Resolution 16, the Territory never functioned as an independent state
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