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Fourth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly
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General Assembly Hall
Venue(s)General Assembly Hall at the United Nations headquarters
CitiesNew York City, New York, U.S.
ParticipantsUnited Nations Member States
PresidentVarious

The Fourth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly was invoked by Security Council Resolution 157. In September 1960 the Fourth Emergency Special Session on the "Congo Situation" adopted Resolution 1474 (ES-IV)/Rev. 1/ requesting Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld to continue to take vigorous action in accordance with Security Council resolutions and appealing to all Members for urgent voluntary contributions to a UN Fund for the Congo and to refrain from sending military assistance except through the UN.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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  1. ^ UN Headquarters Library, "Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly: 4th Emergency Special Sess., 1960‑09‑17–19; 15th Sess., 1960‑09‑20–12‑20 (Pt. 1), 1961‑03‑07–04‑21 (Pt. 2)" ST/LIB/SER.B/A.11 (1961), p. 2.
  2. ^ "RESOLUTION ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A COMMITfEE - 1474 (ES-IV). Question considered by the Security Council at its 906th meeting on 16 September 1960" (PDF). 20 September 1960.
  3. ^ United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo; I96O-I96U; An Analysis of Political, Executive, and Military Control (PDF). Brookings Institution: U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. 30 June 1966.
  4. ^ Miller, E. M. (1961). "Legal Aspects of the United Nations Action in the Congo". The American Journal of International Law. 55 (1): 1–28. doi:10.2307/2196396. JSTOR 2196396.
  5. ^ Simmonds, R. (1968). "Relations between the UN and Member States Generally". Legal Problems Arising from the United Nations Military Operations in the Congo. pp. 214–228. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-9267-5_9. ISBN 978-94-011-8523-3.
  6. ^ Spooner, Kevin A. (2016). "Present at the Creation?". From Kinshasa to Kandahar. pp. 33–51. doi:10.1515/9781552388464-004. ISBN 978-1-55238-846-4.
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