Editorial Note

The United Nations Security Council held its 497th meeting on September 7 from 11 a. m. to 6:50 p. m.; see U.N. document S/PV.497. The Council rejected the Soviet draft resolution condemning United States bombing in Korea (S/1679; for the text, see the editorial note on the 484th Security Council meeting of August 8, page 546). The vote was 1 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) in favor to 9 (including the United States) opposed, with 1 (Yugoslavia) abstention.