United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498 (V)

The United Nations General Assembly resolution 498 was approved on February 1, 1951, in response to the intervention of Chinese Communist troops in Korean War.

[1] The General Assembly vote followed unsuccessful attempts by the U.S. delegation to the United Nations to have the Security Council take action against the Chinese Communists.

Exercising his nation's veto power, the Soviet representative on the Security Council consistently blocked the U.S. effort.

Turning to the General Assembly, the U.S. delegation called for the United Nations to condemn communist China as an aggressor in Korea.

While economic and political sanctions could have been brought against Red China, the United Nations decided to take no further action.

Poster of 1951 (produced by the American government) allusive to the resolution. The text is in thai. The text in the arrow translates "44 nations condemn red China". The names of the countries that approved the resolution appeared.
Poster of the time (produced by the American government) allusive to the resolution. In this poster, the number of countries that condemned red China is 53 (which includes the abstaining countries), when the right number is 44.