United Nations Security Council Resolution 496 information
United Nations resolution adopted in 1981
UN Security Council Resolution 496
Seychelles
Date
15 December 1981
Meeting no.
2,314
Code
S/RES/496 (Document)
Subject
Seychelles
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 496, adopted unanimously on 15 December 1981, after hearing representations from the Seychelles, the Council condemned the recent coup attempt in the country by foreign mercenaries, including Mike Hoare, allegedly backed by South Africa, and the subsequent hijacking of an Air India plane, on 25 November 1981.
The resolution went on to establish a commission, with the assistance of the Secretary-General, to investigate the events and to report back by no later than 31 January 1982.
Approximately 40 mercenaries were caught with weapons at Seychelles International Airport and the coup failed.[1] The representative of the Seychelles, Glovanella Gonthier, told the Council that there was "every reason to believe that South Africa might have been involved in the aggression".[2] The country later called for a civil aviation boycott of South Africa in response,[3] but South Africa denied involvement and said it would try some of the 39 mercenaries who had landed in the country aboard the hijacked Air India flight.[4]
A report on the events was examined in Resolution 507 (1982).
^Scarr, Deryck (2000). Seychelles since 1770: history of a slave and post-slavery society. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-85065-363-9.
^"UN team for Seychelles". The Age. Australia. Agence France-Presse. 16 December 1981.
^Associated Press (19 December 1981). "Seychelles Newspaper Asks Air Boycott on South Africa". The New York Times.
^United Press International (19 December 1981). "South Africa says it may try released mercenaries". The Afro-American.
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