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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 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 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–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 States and the International Criminal Court
United States and the International Criminal Court: Washington signed but never ratified the Rome Statute, opposed via ASPA and Article 98 bilateral immunity agreements, engaged as observer under Obama, and imposed sanctions on ICC officials in 2020 and 2025-2026.
United States antitrust law
United States antitrust law: federal statutes, chiefly the Sherman Act (1890), Clayton Act (1914), and FTC Act (1914), enforced by DOJ and FTC to promote competition, curb monopolies, review mergers under Hart-Scott-Rodino, and allow treble-damage private suits, distinct from EU competition law's integration-focused regime.
United States atrocity crimes
United States atrocity crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes as defined under the Rome Statute and U.S. federal law. Covers domestic statutes, DOJ and FBI enforcement, and U.S. non-membership in the ICC.
United States Attorney
United States Attorney: chief federal prosecutor for one of 93 USAO judicial districts, created by the Judiciary Act of 1789, appointed by the President to four-year Senate-confirmed terms with removal at will, and central to 2025-2026 vacancy-appointment disputes.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
US Attorney for SDNY: chief federal prosecutor and US civil counsel for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan, Bronx, Hudson Valley). Founded 1789 under Richard Harrison; over 220 AUSAs; Walter J. Clayton III court-appointed 2025.
United States Attorney General
United States Attorney General: head of the Department of Justice and chief federal law enforcement officer, created by the Judiciary Act of 1789, department head since 1870; incumbent Todd Blanche, the 88th.
United States bankruptcy court
A United States bankruptcy court is a unit of each federal judicial district whose judges, serving as district court judicial officers, hear bankruptcy cases under title 11.
United States Bill of Rights
The United States Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, was proposed in 1789 and ratified in 1791, guaranteeing freedoms of speech, press, and religion.
United States circuit court
United States circuit court: the federal trial courts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 and abolished January 1, 1912, and, in modern usage, the thirteen judicial circuits served by the U.S. courts of appeals.
United States cities by crime rate (100,000–250,000)
Crime-rate comparisons for US cities of 100,000–250,000 residents, based on FBI UCR/NIBRS per-capita data (about 363.8 violent crimes per 100,000 nationally in 2024), with methodology and ranking caveats; distinct from large-city crime rankings.
United States Code
United States Code, the official codification of general and permanent U.S. federal statutes in 53 subject-matter titles, published by the House Office of the Law Revision Counsel since 1926; 27 titles enacted into positive law.