United Nations Security Council Resolution 57

United Nations Security Council Resolution 57 was adopted unanimously on September 18, 1948.

UN Security Council Resolution 57
Folke Bernadotte
Date	18 September 1948
Meeting no.	358
Code	S/RES/57 (Document)
Subject	The Palestine Question
Voting summary	11 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Argentina  Belgium  Canada  Colombia  Syria  Ukrainian SSR

Shocked by the death of Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations Mediator in Palestine, the Council requested that the Secretary-General keep the flag of the United Nations at half-mast for three days, authorized him to meet from the Working Capital Fund all the expenses connected with the brutal death of the United Nations Mediator and to be represented at the interment by the President of the person whom he may appoint for the occasion.