WORLD IN BRIEF : UNITED NATIONS : North, South Korea to Become Members
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Security Council approved without a vote a resolution recommending U.N. membership for longtime antagonists North and South Korea. Both will be formally admitted by the General Assembly at the start of its annual session Sept. 17. The council attributed its decision to the two countries’ willingness to “put aside their differences in favor of their shared interest in promoting the well-being of their peoples and of the world in general.”
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