Russia boycotted the UN Security Council because the Chinese seat in this council belonged to the nationalist Chinese government in Taiwan, led by Chang Kai Shek, rather than to the communist China led by chairman Mao. The UN Security Council used this Russian boycot to send an army under the UN flag to Korea in 1950.
Because the Security Counsel refused to give China's Security Counsel seat to the new (Communist) regime of mainland China, but instead kept it available for Taiwan, where the pro-Western Kuomintang regime of Chiang Kai-Shek had fled to.
Retaliation for the US Olympic boycott, which was because of their invasion of Afghanistan.
No, The Soviet Union were boycotting the UN at the time, so they were unable to intervene in the voting.
No because they were currently boycotting the UN.
It did nothing, because it was boycotting the Security Council
The UN decision to intervene in Korea was not vetoed by the Soviet Union because at that time the Soviet Union was not a part of the UN. The Soviet Union had removed itself from the UN in protest.
The Soviet Union was boycotting the UN General Assembly when the vote was taken. You can be sure they had serious regret over that decision. The guy who made that call was probably making small rocks out of big rocks.
No, The Soviet Union were boycotting the UN at the time, so they were unable to intervene in the voting.
No because they were currently boycotting the UN.
It did nothing, because it was boycotting the Security Council
Because the Soviet Union at the time was boycotting the Security Council meetings, and Communist China had been refused a seat in the Council; so the two parties most likely to veto the resolutions were not in a position to do so.
The UN decision to intervene in Korea was not vetoed by the Soviet Union because at that time the Soviet Union was not a part of the UN. The Soviet Union had removed itself from the UN in protest.
In any case, the Soviet Union, though able to veto this, did not do so. This was due to the fact that they did not attend that particular meeting that discussed the US's intervention, mostly since the USSR was boycotting the UN's refusal to allow the People's Republic of China (then under Mao) entry to the United Nations.
The Soviet Union was boycotting the UN General Assembly when the vote was taken. You can be sure they had serious regret over that decision. The guy who made that call was probably making small rocks out of big rocks.
No, the Soviet Union broke up in 1991 and no longer exists. The Russian Federation now holds their seat in the UN assembly, and the permanent seat on the UN Security Council once held by the Soviet Union.
The Soviet delegate was boycotting the UN Security Council over its China policy and was not present to veto the American proposal.
probably because of the support that they got from the soviet union
1992, shortly after it gained independence from the Soviet Union.
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