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{{Infobox UN resolution
|number = 505
|organ = GA
|date = 1 February
|year = 1952
|meeting = 369
|code = A/RES/505(VI) 
|document = yes
|for = 25
|abstention = 24
|against = 9
|subject = Threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of China and to the peace of the Far East, resulting from Soviet violations of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance of August 14, 1945 and from Soviet violations of the Charter of the United Nations.
|result = Adopted
|image = 
|caption = 
}}
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The '''United Nations General Assembly Resolution 505''' is titled ''Threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of [[Taiwan|China]] and to the peace of the [[Far East]], resulting from [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] violations of the [[Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance]] of August 14, 1945 and from Soviet violations of the [[Charter of the United Nations]]''. The UN General Assembly adopted this resolution on 1 February 1952 during its sixth session after the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] complained to the [[United Nations]] against the [[Soviet Union]].
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== Historical background ==
The [[Empire of Japan]] [[Japanese invasion of Manchuria|invaded]] [[Manchuria]] ([[Northeast China]]) in 1931 and established [[Manchukuo]] in 1932. The [[Nationalist government]] protested the Japanese invasion and the [[League of Nations]] voted 42-1 (only Japan voted against) to pass the [[Lytton Report]] to demand Manchuria be returned to China, but Japan refused to comply and left the League of Nations. The [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] neither recognized Manchukuo nor was able to recover Manchuria.

In [[World War II]], one Soviet precondition for a declaration of war against Japan was an [[US|American]] recognition of Mongolian independence from China, and a recognition of Soviet interests in the Manchurian railways and [[Port Arthur, China|Port Arthur]]; these were agreed without Chinese representation or consent. The Soviet threat of seizing parts of [[Inner Mongolia]] induced China to recognize [[Outer Mongolia]]'s independence, provided that a referendum be held. The referendum took place on 20 October 1945, with (according to official numbers) 100% of the electorate voting for independence. In line with the concluding statement of the [[Yalta Conference]] and to receive the southern part of [[Sakhalin]] and the [[Kuril Islands]] after the defeat of Japan, [[Soviet Union]] immediately fought against Japan. Later, the USSR and the Republic of China signed the [[Treaty of Friendship and Alliance with the Republic of China]] on 14 August 1945. However, the [[National Government of the Republic of China]] believed the Soviet Union violated the treaty because it obstructed the efforts of the Republic of China to re-establish national authority in Manchuria and aided the [[Chinese Communist Party]] by giving it weapons surrendered by the [[Japanese Imperial Army]]. Additionally, the Soviet Union handed territorial control to the Chinese Communist Party in that area against United States Marines aided military dispatchment and installation of Nationalist Government in North East China during the early period of [[Chinese Civil War]] after 1945.{{clarify|date=April 2016}}

In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party won the [[Chinese Civil War]], resulting in the establishment of the [[People's Republic of China]] on 1 October 1949. The [[Kuomintang]] government of the [[Republic of China]] was forced to retreat to Taiwan, recovered from Japan in 1945 along with the Pescadores, where it continued to maintain itself as the sole legitimate government of all China and declared the Communist government to be illegitimate. With the support of the [[Western bloc]] amid the [[Cold War]], the Republic of China was able to retain the [[China and the United Nations|seat of China in the United Nations]] despite having lost so much territory to the Communists. Both Mongolia and the nascent PRC confirmed their mutual recognition on 6 October 1949.

==The vote==
On 1 February 1952, the Republic of China filed a complaint to the [[United Nations]] against the Soviet Union,{{why|reason=What was the specific reason for the complaint?|date=April 2016}} which it resented for aiding the Communists in the Civil War. The [[UN General Assembly]] adopted Resolution 505 to condemn the Soviet Union, with 25 countries supporting the resolution, nine opposing, 24 abstaining, and two not voting.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=N3355488R898C.36026&profile=voting&uri=link=3100028~!211895~!3100029~!3100070&aspect=alpha&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=A%2FRES%2F505%28VI%29&index=Z791AZ |title=UNBISnet: Voting Record Search: A/RES/505(VI) |access-date=2012-04-28 |archive-date=2017-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929190908/http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=N3355488R898C.36026&profile=voting&uri=link=3100028~!211895~!3100029~!3100070&aspect=alpha&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=A%2FRES%2F505%28VI%29&index=Z791AZ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Later development ==
On 24 February 1953, the [[Legislative Yuan]] of the Republic of China abolished the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance and refused to recognize the independence of the [[Mongolian People's Republic]]. The Republic of China considered Resolution 505 a diplomatic victory, even though the hope of recovering [[mainland China]] and [[Outer Mongolia|Mongolia]] grew increasingly dimmer as time went by. The Republic of China vetoed the Mongolian bid for UN membership in 1955, but pressure from the [[Soviet bloc]], [[Third World]] states and non-aligned states eventually forced the Republic of China to stop blocking Mongolia, so Mongolia joined the UN in 1961<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.un-mongolia.mn/new/?page_id=2 |title=UN in Mongolia : UN Mongolia |access-date=2014-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322122153/http://www.un-mongolia.mn/new/?page_id=2 |archive-date=2014-03-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in exchange for the Republic of China's seat to be retained by votes in the General Assembly in the same year at that time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.drnh.gov.tw/ImagesPost/94d5ca98-4c5d-48e2-81a0-29e5cede646a/ad7418fc-7f00-4701-b3b4-e738cbff5d5f_ALLFILES.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322134801/http://www.drnh.gov.tw/ImagesPost/94d5ca98-4c5d-48e2-81a0-29e5cede646a/ad7418fc-7f00-4701-b3b4-e738cbff5d5f_ALLFILES.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Although the Kuomintang government at the time made territorial claims over Outer Mongolia, whilst the Constitutional Court of the Republic of China (regarding interpretation of the ROC constitution) remained neutral on this issue.<ref>{{cite web |title=大法官解釋-釋字第328號 |url=https://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/ExContent.aspx?media=print&ty=C&CC=D&CNO=328 |website=全國法規資料庫 |quote=中華民國領土，憲法第四條不採列舉方式，而為「依其固有之疆域」之概括規定，並設領土變更之程序，以為限制，有其政治上及歷史上之理由。其所稱固有疆域範圍之界定，為重大之政治問題，不應由行使司法權之釋憲機關予以解釋。 |access-date=2023-03-07 |archive-date=2023-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410133129/https://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/ExContent.aspx?media=print&ty=C&CC=D&CNO=328 |lang=zh-tw}}</ref> Under the [[Chen Shui-bian]] administration, the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] (DPP) government have officially renounced the ROC claims to Mongolia in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/archives/2002/10/11/0000175237 |title = Mongolian office to ride into Taipei by end of the year |work = [[Taipei Times]] |date = 2002-10-11 |access-date = 2009-05-28|quote=In October 1945, the people of Outer Mongolia voted for independence, gaining the recognition of many countries, including the Republic of China. (...) Due to a souring of relations with the Soviet Union in the early 1950s, however, the ROC revoked recognition of Outer Mongolia, reclaiming it as ROC territory. {...} Long a province of China, Mongolia declared its independence in 1921 with Soviet backing. After the Ministry of the Interior's recent decision to exclude Mongolia from the official ROC map, on Oct. 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Taiwan recognizes Mongolia as an independent country -- 81 years after Mongolia declared its independence.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210192036/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/archives/2002/10/11/0000175237|archive-date=10 February 2009}}</ref> On 21 May 2012, the [[Mainland Affairs Council]] released a press saying that since the Republic of China had recognized Mongolia's independence in 1946 before the constitution was enacted, Outer Mongolia was no longer part of the territory of the Republic of China.<ref>[http://www.mac.gov.tw/public/Attachment/252122204856.pdf 有關外蒙古是否為中華民國領土問題說明新聞參考資料]</ref> [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan)|Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] opened a representative office in Mongolia in 2002 with reciprocity from Mongolia in Taiwan in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roc-taiwan.org/MN/ct.asp?xItem=100800&CtNode=8877&mp=641&xp1= |title=代表處簡介 - 代表處簡介 - 駐蒙古代表處 Taipei Trade and Economic Representative Office in Ulaanbaatar |access-date=2014-03-22 |archive-date=2013-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105180925/http://www.roc-taiwan.org/MN/ct.asp?xItem=100800&CtNode=8877&mp=641&xp1= |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Republic of China's [[Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission]] was also formally repealed in 2017.
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== See also ==
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* [[China and the United Nations]]
* [[UN General Assembly Resolution 2758]]
* [[Political status of Taiwan]]
* [[Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China]]
* [[Foreign relations of the Republic of China]]
* [[Mongolia–Taiwan relations]]

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