United Nations timeline
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Founding of the United Nations
US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt first suggested using the name United Nations to refer to wartime Allies.Roosevelt suggested the term to... Read more
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The United Nations Charter is Ratified
The United Nations (UN) Charter was ratified on October 24, 1945, bringing the international body officially into existence. The term "United... Read more
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United Nations announces a partition plan for Palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) Future Government of Palestine was a plan... Read more
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Jerusalem riots
The 1947 Jerusalem Riots occurred following the vote in the UN General Assembly in favour of the 1947 UN Partition Plan on 29 November 1947. The... Read more
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is Awarded the 1954 Nobel Peace Prize
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR; established December 14, 1950) is a United Nations agency mandated to... Read more
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
UNHCR was established on December 14, 1951 and succeeded the earlier United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The agency is... Read more
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The United Nations sets up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body tasked with evaluating the risk of climate change... Read more
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United Nations Peacekeeping Forces is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
As The Korean War entered a cease-fire in 1953, UN forces remained along the south side of demilitarized zone until 1967, when American and South... Read more
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The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change completes its first assessment report
The IPCC first assessment report was completed in 1990, and served as the basis of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... Read more
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UN Security Council Passes Resolution 660, Condemning the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 was adopted by the UN Security Council on 2 August 1990. The resolution condemned the Iraqi invasion... Read more
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UN Security Council Resolutions Authorize the Use of Force to Expel Iraq from Kuwait
A long series of UN Security Council resolutions and Arab League resolutions were passed regarding the invasion. One of the most important was... Read more
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The IPCC issues its second assessment report
Climate Change 1995, the IPCC Second Assessment Report (SAR), was finished in 1996. It is split into four parts: * A synthesis to help... Read more
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Israel withdraws troops from southern Lebanon in compliance with U.N. Resolution 425
On March 19, 1978, five days after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 called on Israel to withdraw... Read more
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"Blue Line" border demarcation published by United Nations
The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining... Read more
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The IPCC issues its third assessment report
The Third Assessment Report (TAR) consists of four reports, three of them from its working groups: * Working Group I: The Scientific Basis ... Read more
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President Bush Announces that Time is Running Out for UN Inspections in Iraq
Two weeks before he would launch the invasion of Iraq, President Bush announces at a press conference that time is running out on the UN... Read more
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United Nations Security Counicil Resolution 1559 adopted
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 was a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on September 2, 2004. It called... Read more
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Haitian Gang Members Begin Surrender of Guns in Exchange for Grants and Job Training through U.N.-Led Program
Three gang members surrendered their guns Monday in the first handover of weapons in a U.N.-led effort to disarm hundreds of Haitian criminals.... Read more
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Ban Ki-moon Becomes the New United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon (Hangul: 반기문; born 13 June 1944) is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before becoming... Read more
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Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, And Uganda Assume Their Seats On The United Nations Security Council.
The 2008 United Nations Security Council election was held on 17 October 2008 during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held... Read more
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UN Security Council Votes Unanimously to Expand Sanctions Against North Korea
The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously approved expanded sanctions against North Korea over its May 25 nuclear test, a move close ally... Read more
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Economic summit for poor nations at UN in New York
A summit on the world financial crisis gets under way at UN headquarters in New York later. It is the first time rich and poor nations have got... Read more
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Protestors Stage Hunger Strike at UN Headquarters in Support of Iranian Political Opposition
Hundreds of protesters, some wearing green sashes to indicate they're on hunger strike, have gathered in tents across from U.N. Headquarters for... Read more
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President Obama Delivers First Address to United Nations General Assembly, Urges New Era of Cooperation
President Obama's speech to the United Nations this morning borrowed thematically from Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. It... Read more
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Demonstrators Protest Contested 2009 Iranian Presidential Election Ahead of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's UN Address
Hundreds of people have gathered near the United Nations to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) as he prepares to... Read more