Resolution nº S/RES/457 (1979) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 1979
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

Resolution

457

(1979)

of

4 December 1979

The

Security Council,

Having considered the letter from the Secretary-

General dated 25 November 1979,

95

Deeply concerned

at

the dangerous level of tension

between Iran and the United States of America, which

could have grave consequences for international peace

and security,

Recalling the appeal made by the President of the

Security Council on 9 November 1979,

92

which was

reiterated on 27 November 1979 (S/13652),

96

Taking note of the letter from the Minister for

Foreign Affairs of Iran dated 13 November 1979

97

rela-

tive to the grievances of Iran,

Mindful of the obligation of States to settle their

international disputes by peaceful means in such a man-

ner that international peace and security, and justice,

are not endangered,

Conscious of the responsibility of States to refrain

in their international relations from the threat

or

use of

force against the territorial integrity or political inde-

pendence of any State, or in any other manner incon-

sistent with the purposes of the United Nations,

Reaffirming the solemn obligation of all States par-

ties to both the Vienna Convention

on

Diplomatic

Relations of 1961

98

and the Vienna Convention on

Consular Relations of 1963

99

to respect the inviolabil-

ity of diplomatic personnel and the premises of their

missions.

1.

Urgently calls upon the Government of Iran to

release immediately the personnel of the Embassy of

the United States of America being held at Teheran, to

provide them with protection and to allow them to

leave the country;

2.

Further calls upon the Governments of

Iran

and

of the United States of America to take steps to resolve

peacefully the remaining issues between them to their

mutual satisfaction in accordance with the purposes

and principles of the United Nations;

3.

Urges the Governments of Iran and of the United

States of America to exercise the utmost restraint in

the prevailing situation;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to lend his good

offices for the immediate implementation of the present

resolution and to take all appropriate measures to this

end;

5. Decides that the Council will remain actively

seized of the matter and requests the Secretary-General

95

Ibid., document

S/

13646.

96

Ibid., Thirty-fourth Year, 2172nd meeting.

97

Ibid., Supplement for October, November and December

1979, document S/13626.

98

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 500, p. 95.

09 Official Records

of

the United Nations Conference on

Consular Relations (United Nations publication, Sales No.

64.X.1), p. 173.

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to report urgently to it on developments regarding his

efforts.

Adopted unanimously at the

2178th meeting.

Decisions

At its 2182nd meeting, on 29 December 1979, the

Council decided to invite the representatives of Aus-

tralia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany and

Singapore

to

participate, without vote, in the discussion

of the item entitled "Letter dated 22 December 1979

from the Permanent Representative of the United

States of America to the United Nations addressed to

the President of the Security Council (S/13705)".

93

At

its 2183rd meeting, on 30 December 1979, the

Council decided to invite the representative of Japan

to participate, without vote, in the discussion of the

question.

Resolution 461 (1979)

of

31 December 1979

The Security Council,

Recalling its resolution 457 (1979) of 4 December

1979,

Recalling also the appeal made

by

the President of

the Security Council on 9 November 1979,

92

which

was reiterated on 27 November 1979 (S/13652), 0D

Gravely concerned at the increasing tension between

the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of

America caused by the seizure and prolonged detention

of persons of United States nationality who are being

held as hostages in Iran in violation of international

law, and which could have grave consequences for

international peace and security,

Taking

note

of the letters from the Minister for

Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran dated

13

November 1979

97

and 1 December 1979

100

relating

to the grievances and statements of his Government on

the situation,

Recalling also the letter from the Secretary-General

dated 25 November 1979

95

stating that, in his opinion,

the present crisis between the Islamic Republic of Iran

and the United States of America poses a serious threat

to international peace and security,

1

0°

Official Records

of

the Security Council, Thirty-fourth

Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1979,

document

S/

13671.