United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498 (V)

UN General Assembly
Resolution 498
DateFebruary 1st 1951
Meeting no.327
CodeA/RES/498 (V) (Document)
SubjectIntervention of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in Korea
Voting summary
  • 44 voted for
  • 7 voted against
  • 9 abstained
ResultAdopted

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

It was the first time in which United Nations treated a nation as an aggressor.