United Nations Security Council Resolution 176
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 Security Council Resolution 176
, adopted on October 4, 1962, after examining the application of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
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 for membership in the United Nations the Council recommended to the General Assembly
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 that the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria be admitted.

The resolution passed with ten votes to none, while the Republic of China
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abstained.
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