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United Nations Security Council Resolution 864
UNSCR 864 (1993) is the Security Council resolution of 15 September 1993 imposing a Chapter VII arms and petroleum embargo on UNITA in Angola, the first UN sanctions regime against a non-state actor, lifted by resolution 1448 in December 2002.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 872
UNSC Resolution 872 (S/RES/872, 5 October 1993) unanimously established UNAMIR, the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, a Chapter VI peacekeeping force to implement the Arusha Accords, secure Kigali, and monitor the ceasefire.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 955
Security Council Resolution 955 (S/RES/955), adopted 8 November 1994 by 13-1-1, established the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to prosecute 1994 genocide and war crimes, seated at Arusha by resolution 977.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 984
United Nations Security Council Resolution 984, adopted unanimously in April 1995, offers security assurances against nuclear attack to non-nuclear-weapon states that have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 986
United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 (14 April 1995) created the Oil-for-Food Programme, letting Iraq sell limited oil under UN supervision into an escrow account for humanitarian goods, compensation, and UN costs; it ran from 1996 until terminated after the 2003 invasion.
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100, adopted 1946 to 1953, span the Council's founding years and its largest early themes: Palestine, Korea, and atomic energy.
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1601–1700
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1601–1700 are 100 resolutions adopted across 2005 and 2006, including Chapter VII resolutions on Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Burundi.
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201–300
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201–300 are 100 resolutions adopted from 1965 to 1970, addressing Cyprus, Southern Rhodesia sanctions, the 1965 India-Pakistan war, and new members like Singapore.
United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the nuclear program of Iran
United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iran's nuclear program: Resolutions 1696, 1737, 1747, 1803, 1835, and 1929 (2006-2010) demanded enrichment suspension and imposed sanctions; Resolution 2231 (2015) endorsed the JCPOA and terminated them, before the 2025 snapback reinstated all six.
United Nations Security Council resolutions implementing the Dayton Agreement
The United Nations Security Council resolutions implementing the Dayton Agreement, adopted between November and December 1995, gave the Bosnia peace agreement Security Council force, authorizing IFOR and lifting the arms embargo.
United Nations Security Council resolutions on Afghanistan after the 2021 Taliban takeover
The United Nations Security Council resolutions on Afghanistan after the 2021 Taliban takeover maintained the 1988 Taliban sanctions regime while carving out humanitarian aid through Resolution 2615.
United Nations Security Council resolutions on Croatia
The United Nations Security Council resolutions on Croatia, Resolution 779 of 1992 to Resolution 1023 of 1995, addressed the UN-protected areas and the UN force there.
United Nations Security Council resolutions on the fall of Srebrenica and Žepa (1995)
Four UN Security Council resolutions of 1995 responding to the Bosnian Serb seizure of the Srebrenica and Žepa safe areas, from withdrawal demands to findings of mass executions.
United Nations Security Council resolutions on the former Yugoslavia
Situation-specific set of UN Security Council resolutions on the former Yugoslavia, 1991–1995: Resolution 713 arms embargo, 743 UNPROFOR, 757 sanctions, safe areas, and Dayton-implementing Resolution 1022.
United Nations Security Council sanctions escalation against Iran (2007–2010)
The United Nations Security Council sanctions escalation against Iran (2007–2010) was a series of resolutions, 1747, 1803, 1835, and 1929, tightening sanctions over Iran's nuclear program.
United Nations Security Council veto power
UN Security Council veto power: the right of the P5 (China, France, Russia, UK, US) under Article 27(3) to block substantive resolutions; finalized at Yalta 1945; abstention is not a veto; France and UK unused since 1989.
United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti
MINUSTAH (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti) was the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, deployed 1 June 2004 to 15 October 2017 under resolution 1542, marked by the 2010 earthquake, cholera, and abuse allegations, succeeded by MINUJUSTH.
United Nations Statistics Division
The United Nations Statistics Division, the statistical office of the United Nations, is a DESA division in New York that compiles global statistics and services the UN Statistical Commission.
United Nations System
The United Nations System is the family of organizations cooperating with the UN: six principal organs, 15 specialized agencies, and 24 funds and programmes, coordinated by the CEB and Resident Coordinators, now undergoing the UN80 reform.
United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea
The United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea (UNTCOK) was a UN body created in 1947 that observed the May 1948 election leading to the Republic of Korea.
United Nations Temporary Executive Authority
The United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) administered West New Guinea from October 1962 to May 1963, transferring the territory from Dutch to Indonesian administration.
United Nations Transition Assistance Group
The United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) was a UN peacekeeping operation in Namibia from April 1989 to March 1990, supervising the ceasefire and independence elections.
United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium
UNTAES was the UN transitional administration (15 January 1996 to 15 January 1998) that peacefully reintegrated Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium, the last Serb-held part of Croatia, under the Erdut Agreement.
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) was a UN peacekeeping mission that governed East Timor with full legislative and executive authority from 1999 to independence in 2002.
United Nations Treaty Collection
The United Nations Treaty Collection (UNTC) is the UN's official online repository of treaties, combining the United Nations Treaty Series with status tracking for treaties deposited with the Secretary-General.
United Nations Treaty Series
The United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) is the UN Secretariat's single series of treaties Member States must register under Article 102 of the UN Charter, published since 1946 in over 2,700 volumes.
United Nations trust territories
UN trust territories were 11 territories placed under the International Trusteeship System (Chapter XII, UN Charter, 1945), administered by seven states and supervised by the Trusteeship Council; all attained independence or free association, the last being Palau in 1994.
United Nations Trusteeship Council
The UN Trusteeship Council, a Charter principal organ under Chapter XIII, supervised 11 trust territories toward self-government or independence. It suspended operations 1 November 1994 after Palau, the last territory, became independent; it still exists on paper and is the subject of repurposing proposals.
United Nations University
United Nations University (UNU) is an autonomous UN organ that operates as a decentralized system of 13 institutes in 12 countries, and it is mandated to grant degrees.
United Nations War Crimes Commission
United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC), Allied body founded October 1943, active 1943–1948, that assessed evidence and endorsed charges for national war crimes trials; listed over 36,000 suspects and supported thousands of trials, later overshadowed by Nuremberg.