United Nations Security Council Resolution 19, adopted on February 27, 1947, created a sub-committee of three members to examine all the facts involved in the dispute between the United Kingdom and Albania over the Corfu Channel incident and to make a report to the Council no later than March 10, 1947. Two British vessels were sunk by mines in the Straits on October 22, 1946. The resolution passed with 8 votes, with three abstentions from Poland, the Soviet Union and Syria. See also List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946–1953) United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 References Text of the Resolution at undocs.org External links 0019 1947 in the United Kingdom 0019 0019 1947 in Albania Albania–United Kingdom relations February 1947 events Corfu Channel incident