U.N. Security Council Adopts Resolution on Hostage Taking

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Sunday, December 1, 1985
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
1
Issue: 
4
Abstract: 
On December 18, 1985, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted by a 15-0 vote its first resolution ever on hostage-taking.  The resolution "condemns unequivocally all acts of hostage-taking and abduction" and calls for the immediate release of all kidnaping victims "wherever and by whomever they are being held."  The resolution is the result of an initiative of Susan Franceschini, sister of the Rev. Lawrence Jenco, who is one of the kidnaping victims being held in Lebanon by radical Islamic groups.