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United Kingdom membership of the European Union
United Kingdom membership of the European Union (1973–2020): UK joined the EEC on 1 January 1973 after French vetoes, held 1975 and 2016 referendums, and left on 31 January 2020 under the Withdrawal Agreement and Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
United Kingdom national debt
The United Kingdom national debt, also known as UK government debt, is money the UK government owes through gilts, reaching £2,985.5 billion, or 93.8% of GDP, in 2026.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: state formed 1 January 1801 by the Acts of Union merging Great Britain and Ireland under one Westminster parliament; lasted until the Irish Free State left in 1922.
United Kingdom of Kerala
United Kingdom of Kerala (UKOK, യുണൈറ്റഡ് കിങ്ഡം ഓഫ് കേരള) is a 2025 Malayalam drama directed by Arun Vaiga, starring Ranjith Sajeev as Tony, a Kattappana youth who defies his father's migration plans; released 20 June 2025, CBFC U, streamed on Prime Video from 19 July 2025.
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves), 1815–1822 transatlantic kingdom created by João's Carta de Lei of 16 December 1815, with Rio de Janeiro as seat, ending with Brazilian independence in 1822.
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), 1815-1830 state uniting the Dutch Republic and Belgium under William I, created by the Congress of Vienna as a buffer against France; ended by the 1830 Belgian Revolution and the 1839 treaty.
United Kingdom parliamentary by-elections, 1801–1867
The United Kingdom parliamentary by-elections, 1801–1867 filled Commons seats vacated between general elections by death, retirement, or ministerial appointment, and tested public opinion between general elections.
United Kingdom Rocketry Association
The United Kingdom Rocketry Association (UKRA), founded in 1996, is the national body representing model, high power, and amateur rocketry in the United Kingdom, providing safety codes and certification.
United Kingdom Special Forces
United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF), under the Directorate of Special Forces, coordinates SAS, SBS and related units conducting high-risk MoD operations, governed by a no-comment policy and scrutinized by the Haddon-Cave Afghanistan inquiry.
United Kingdom–Japan free trade agreement
The United Kingdom–Japan free trade agreement, formally the UK–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (CEPA), is a bilateral trade agreement signed in Tokyo in 2020, in force since 2021.
United Kingdom–United States relations
United Kingdom–United States relations: the "special relationship" between Britain and America. Wartime allies since World War I, linked by Five Eyes intelligence, nuclear cooperation, and NATO; uncodified but ranked Britain's most important bilateral alliance.
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a 50-50 joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, formed in 2006, whose rockets include the Atlas V and the Vulcan Centaur.
United Liberating Army of Peru
The United Liberating Army of Peru (Ejército Libertador del Perú) was a combined Chilean and Río de la Plata force created in 1820 under General José de San Martín.
United Malays National Organisation
The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) is a Malay nationalist political party in Malaysia, founded in 1946 and dominant from independence in 1957 until its 2018 defeat.
United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide Methodist denomination of over 11 million members, formed in 1968 by the union of the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren churches.
United Microelectronics Corporation
United Microelectronics Corporation (联华电子), known as UMC, is a Taiwanese semiconductor foundry founded in 1980 as Taiwan's first semiconductor company and the world's fourth-largest foundry by revenue.
United Mine Workers of America
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is a labor union founded in 1890 in Columbus, Ohio, that represents coal miners in the United States and Canada.
United National Independence Party
The United National Independence Party (UNIP) is a Zambian political party founded in 1959 that led Zambia to independence and governed under Kenneth Kaunda until 1991.
United National Party (එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය)
United National Party (එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, UNP), Sri Lankan party founded 1946 by D.S. Senanayake; elephant symbol; governed 1947–56, 1965–70, 1977–94, 2001–04, 2015–19; launched 1977 liberalization.
United Nations
The United Nations (UN), founded by Charter signing June 26, 1945, is an international organization of 193 member states with six principal organs, a five-member veto-wielding Security Council, and Secretary-General António Guterres.
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) is a UN special political mission established 28 March 2002 by Resolution 1401, headed by Roza Otunbayeva, mandated for humanitarian support, human rights monitoring, and political engagement, extended to 17 June 2027.
United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) was a UN political mission established in 2013 and based in Mogadishu, replaced by UNTMIS in 2024.
United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus
The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus, or Green Line, is a 180-km UNFICYP-patrolled strip dividing Greek Cypriot south from Turkish Cypriot north since the 1974 ceasefire, about 3% of the island.
United Nations Climate Change Conference
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly called COP, is the annual UNFCCC climate summit where government delegates have negotiated agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement since 1995.
United Nations Command
The United Nations Command (UNC) is the US-led coalition established in 1950 to defend South Korea during the Korean War, and it still enforces the 1953 armistice today.
United Nations Commission of Experts for the Former Yugoslavia
The United Nations Commission of Experts for the Former Yugoslavia was a five-member body created by Security Council resolution 780 in 1992 to investigate grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions.
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (CHR), 1946-2006, was ECOSOC's principal human rights body; it drafted the UDHR and the 1966 Covenants but was abolished for politicization and selectivity, replaced by the Human Rights Council.
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) is a UN body created in 1959, headquartered in Vienna, with 110 member states and two subcommittees.
United Nations Compensation Commission
The United Nations Compensation Commission was a Security Council organ created in 1991 to process claims against Iraq for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, awarding US$52.4 billion.
United Nations Conference on International Organization
The United Nations Conference on International Organization, or San Francisco Conference, met in San Francisco from April to June 1945, where 50 nations drafted the Charter of the United Nations.