On November 14, 1947, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 112 established a temporary commission to monitor free elections in Korea.[4] The UN had intended to reunify Korea under one government,[2] but the UN commission was unable to enter North Korea. After observing elections in South Korea, the UN stated in General Assembly Resolution 195 on December 12, 1948, that the nation was to be established under one government as soon as possible, and the US and Soviet occupation forces there were to withdraw.[5]