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United Nations–administered Cambodia
United Nations–administered Cambodia (1991–1993), also called the UNTAC period, was the UN-supervised transition under the Paris Agreements, with seven mandate components, the May 1993 election, and the 24 September 1993 constitution.
United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur (بعثة الأمم المتحدة والاتحاد الأفريقي في دارفور)
UNAMID (بعثة الأمم المتحدة والاتحاد الأفريقي في دارفور), the joint AU–UN hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan, authorized 2007, took over from AMIS 31 December 2007, and closed 31 December 2020 under resolution 2559.
United Nobility
The United Nobility (Объединённое дворянство) was a conservative lobby of the Russian landed gentry, founded in St Petersburg in May 1906 to defend noble landownership and the autocracy.
United Opposition
The United Opposition (Объединённая оппозиция) was a faction in the Soviet Communist Party formed in 1926 by Trotsky, Zinoviev, and Kamenev, demanding Stalin's removal as General Secretary.
United Overseas Bank
United Overseas Bank, also known as Dahua Bank, is a Singapore bank founded in 1935 by Wee Kheng Chiang, now the third-largest of Singapore's three local banks.
United Palace
The United Palace is a historic theater at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights, Manhattan, built in 1930 as Loew's 175th Street Theatre and now a major Latin music venue.
United Paramount Network
The United Paramount Network was an American broadcast television network that ran from 1995 to 2006. It was absorbed into The CW after nearly twelve years of unbroken losses.
United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service (UPS) is an American package delivery and supply chain company founded in 1907, delivering 5.7 billion packages in 2024 on $91.1 billion of revenue.
United Party (South Africa)
The United Party, formally the United South African National Party, was a South African political party formed in 1934 that governed until 1948 and dissolved in 1977.
United Party for National Development
United Party for National Development (UPND), Zambian social-liberal party founded 1998 under Anderson Mazoka, now led by Hakainde Hichilema; main opposition 2001–2006 and 2015–2021, governing since August 2021, re-elected in 2026 with about 60% of the presidential vote.
United Party of the Socialist Revolution of Cuba
United Party of the Socialist Revolution of Cuba (Partido Unido de la Revolución Socialista, PURS), Cuba's ruling party 1962–1965, formed from the PSP, 26th of July Movement, and Directorio Revolucionario via the ORI, and renamed the Communist Party of Cuba in October 1965.
United Passions
United Passions (2014) is a FIFA-financed drama directed by Frédéric Auburtin, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sam Neill, and Tim Roth as Rimet, Havelange, and Blatter; released in the US during the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal, it grossed $918 and holds a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score.
United People's Party (Poland)
The United People's Party (Polish: Zjednoczone Stronnictwo Ludowe, ZSL) was a Polish agrarian satellite party of the communists from 1949 to 1989 that helped form the first non-communist government in 1989.
United Petroleum Development
United Petroleum Development Co., Ltd. is a Japanese oil exploration and production company, founded in 1970 and headquartered in Tokyo, owned by Cosmo, JX Nippon, and Mitsui.
United Press International
United Press International (UPI), American news agency formed in 1958 from E.W. Scripps's United Press (1907) and Hearst's International News Service; once a top wire service with 6,000+ subscribers, now a smaller online outlet owned by News World Communications.
United Progressive Alliance (संयुक्त प्रगतिशील गठबंधन)
The United Progressive Alliance (संयुक्त प्रगतिशील गठबंधन), or UPA, is a coalition of center-left parties in India led by the Indian National Congress that governed from 2004 to 2014.
United Provinces (political coalition)
Provincias Unidas (United Provinces, PU) is an Argentine political coalition formed in July 2025 by provincial governors including Pullaro, Llaryora, and Torres as a third force between Milei's La Libertad Avanza and kirchnerismo; it finished third in the 2025 legislative election with about 5.8 to 7.13 percent of the vote and 7 deputies, then unraveled by 2026.
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: British Indian province formed 1902 from North-Western Provinces and Oudh; renamed United Provinces 1937 and Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata) was a South American union of former Spanish viceroyalty provinces that declared independence in 1816.
United Record Pressing
United Record Pressing, formerly Southern Plastics, is a vinyl record pressing company in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1949 and described as the oldest pressing plant in North America.
United Red Army (実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程)
United Red Army (実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程) is Koji Wakamatsu's 190-minute 2007 Japanese docudrama on the United Red Army's 1971 formation, internal purge killings, and the 1972 Asama-Sanso siege; it won NETPAC and CICAE awards at Berlinale 2008.
United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship (URC), formerly Celtic League, Pro12, Pro14: 16-team professional rugby union league across Ireland, South Africa, Wales, Italy, Scotland; 18 rounds, top-eight playoffs, Leinster reigning champions.
United Russia
United Russia (Yedinaya Rossiya), Russia's ruling party founded December 2001 from Unity and Fatherland, is the Kremlin's party of power, holding a constitutional majority in the State Duma, with a record 349 of 450 seats after the 2026 election.
United Sabah National Organisation
The United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) is a political party in Sabah, Malaysia, founded in 1961 and led for most of its history by Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun.
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC) was a right-wing paramilitary coalition in Colombia that fought leftist guerrillas from 1997 until demobilization in 2006.
United Serbian Youth
The United Serbian Youth (Ujedinjena omladina srpska) was a Serbian political and cultural movement, founded in Novi Sad in 1866 to unite Serbian student societies.
United Service Organizations
United Service Organizations (USO), founded February 4, 1941 in New York by six civilian agencies at Roosevelt's request, is a congressionally chartered private nonprofit with 250+ centers supporting U.S. troops and families, famous for Camp Shows.
United Soccer League
United Soccer League (USL), Tampa-based American soccer organization founded 1986 as Southwest Indoor Soccer League; operates USL Premier, Championship, League One, Super League, League Two, W League, Academy; adopting promotion and relegation by 2028.
United Socialist Party of Venezuela
United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, PSUV), socialist ruling party founded 2007-2008 by Hugo Chávez, now led by Nicolás Maduro; founding membership 5.7-7.25 million, dominant in Venezuelan elections since 2008.
United Socialist Workers' Party
United Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores Unificado, PSTU): Argentine Trotskyist-Morenoist party founded 2011 from the FOS-COI merger, section of the IWL-FI, running in the Workers' Left Front; distinct from the Brazilian PSTU of 1994.