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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (1943-1948), was the wartime Allied relief agency led by Herbert Lehman, La Guardia, and Ward, delivering 26 million tonnes of aid and repatriating 7 million displaced persons before UNICEF, IRO, WHO, and FAO took over.
United Nations Safe Areas
UN Safe Areas: six Bosnian towns (Srebrenica, Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zepa, Gorazde, Bihac) designated safe areas by Security Council Resolutions 819 and 824 in 1993, protected by UNPROFOR under Resolution 836, and never securely enforced; Srebrenica fell in July 1995.
United Nations sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The United Nations sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) were mandatory Security Council sanctions imposed in May 1992 over the Bosnian war and terminated in October 1996.
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) is a UN body, established in 1955, that assesses global ionizing radiation exposures.
United Nations Secretariat
The UN Secretariat is one of the six principal UN organs, the administrative body under the Secretary-General (António Guterres, ninth holder) serving the General Assembly, Security Council, and other organs, with 35,000+ staff at 459 duty stations and a $3.72 billion FY2025 regular budget.
United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council: 15-member UN organ with primary responsibility for international peace and security; five veto-wielding permanent members (China, France, Russia, UK, US) and ten elected non-permanent members; only UN organ with binding decisions.
United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee
UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC, also Comité contra el Terrorismo): a 15-member Security Council subsidiary body created by resolution 1373 (2001) on 28 September 2001 after 9/11, supported by CTED, monitoring binding counter-terrorism obligations of all UN Member States.
United Nations Security Council country sanctions regimes
United Nations Security Council country sanctions regimes are restrictive measures adopted under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, binding on all 193 member states and targeting specific countries.
United Nations Security Council elections, 1950s
The United Nations Security Council elections of the 1950s were annual General Assembly votes choosing three non-permanent members each year, with deadlocks in 1955 and 1959 resolved by split terms.
United Nations Security Council elections, 1960s
UN Security Council elections of the 1960s: annual General Assembly ballots under the 1946 six-seat regional allocation, split terms, the 1960 Liberia-Portugal contest, and the 1963 Charter amendment enlarging elected membership from six to ten.
United Nations Security Council elections, 1990s
The United Nations Security Council elections of the 1990s were ten annual General Assembly ballots, held each October and November from 1990 to 1999, filling the Council's rotating non-permanent seats.
United Nations Security Council elections, 2010–2019
The United Nations Security Council elections, 2010–2019, were the annual General Assembly votes filling the Council's elected seats, including a 2016 Italy–Netherlands split term and a rare 2017 by-election.
United Nations Security Council resolution
United Nations Security Council resolution: formal adopted decision of the 15-member UNSC, numbered S/RES/n (year) since the 1965 retroactive numbering, with preamble and operative parts, adopted by nine votes including concurring P5 votes.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1031
UNSCR 1031 (S/RES/1031), adopted unanimously 15 December 1995 under Chapter VII, authorized NATO-led IFOR to implement Dayton's military annexes in Bosnia, ended UNPROFOR's mandate, and led to SFOR under Resolution 1088.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1037
UNSC Resolution 1037 (15 January 1996), adopted under Chapter VII, established UNTAES, the UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium, implementing the 1995 Erdut Agreement with up to 5,000 troops until 15 January 1998.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1101
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1101, adopted in 1997, authorized a multinational protection force led by Italy, known as Operation Alba, to deliver humanitarian aid in Albania.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1189
UN Security Council Resolution 1189 (S/RES/1189), adopted unanimously 13 August 1998, condemns the 7 August 1998 al-Qaeda truck bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and urges counter-terrorism cooperation.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1199
UN Security Council Resolution 1199 (S/RES/1199), adopted 23 September 1998 under Chapter VII on Kosovo, FRY, demanded a ceasefire, FRY withdrawal of repression units, humanitarian access, and refugee return, with China abstaining.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, adopted on 10 June 1999 under Chapter VII, ordered Yugoslav forces to withdraw and placed Kosovo under UN interim administration.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267, adopted unanimously on 15 October 1999, imposed air and financial embargoes on the Taliban for refusing to hand over Usama bin Laden.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1269
UNSCR 1269 (S/RES/1269(1999)), adopted unanimously 19 October 1999, is the first general Security Council resolution on terrorism, condemning all terrorist acts and urging cooperation, conventions implementation, and safe-haven denial, without Chapter VII binding force.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1284
UN Security Council Resolution 1284 (S/RES/1284), adopted 17 December 1999 by a vote of 11-0-4, created UNMOVIC to replace UNSCOM in disarming Iraq of WMD and tied sanctions suspension to cooperation; Iraq rejected it for nearly three years.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 is a 2000 resolution adopted unanimously by the UN Security Council. It was the first to address Women, Peace and Security.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1333
UNSC Resolution 1333, adopted 19 December 2000, imposed an arms embargo on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, froze Usama bin Laden's funds, banned military advice to the Taliban, restricted Taliban travel and offices, and extended the 1267 sanctions regime until Resolution 1390 modified it.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373
UN Security Council Resolution 1373 is a binding 2001 decision requiring all UN member states to criminalize terrorist financing, freeze terrorist assets, and deny safe haven.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386
UNSCR 1386 (S/RES/1386(2001)), adopted unanimously 20 December 2001, authorized the six-month International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) under Chapter VII to assist the Afghan Interim Authority in and around Kabul.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1390
UNSC Resolution 1390 (2002), adopted unanimously 16 January 2002, continued the Taliban/Al-Qaida sanctions regime after the Taliban's fall, imposing an assets freeze, travel ban, and open-ended arms embargo on bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and associates worldwide, and creating the Consolidated List.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1397
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1397, adopted 12 March 2002, affirmed the vision of Israel and Palestine as two states living side by side in peace.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441
UNSCR 1441, adopted unanimously 8 November 2002, declared Iraq in material breach, gave a final chance to comply, mandated UNMOVIC and IAEA inspections, and preceded the 2003 Iraq invasion.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483
UNSCR 1483 (22 May 2003), adopted 14-0 with Syria absent under Chapter VII, lifted the 1990 Iraq sanctions, ended the Oil-for-Food Programme, recognized the US and UK as occupying powers, and created the Development Fund for Iraq.