by the United Nations, United Nations Security Council Resolution 17
“ It is resolved that the Security Council request the Secretary-General to advise the Commission of Investigation that it is the sense of the Security Council that the Commission, acting under resolution 15 (1946) adopted by the Council on 19 December 1946, is not empowered to request the appropriate authorities of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to postpone the execution of any persons sentenced to death, unless the Commission has reason to believe that the examination of any such person as a witness would assist the Commission in its work, and makes its request on this ground. ”
