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The Cold War brought new problems...
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27 June 1950Security Council, acting in the absence
of the Soviet Union, calls on Member States to help southern part of
Korea repel invasion from the north. The Korean Armistice Agreement
is signed on 27 July 1953 by the UN Command and the Chinese-North
Korean Command. |
Korean civilians flee fighting,
Korea, Jan 51
(32834 UN/DPI/US Army). |
1954UN High Commissioner for Refugees wins first of
two Nobel Peace Prizes, for its work with European refugees. |
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7 November 1956First Emergency Special Session of
the General Assembly meets on the Suez Canal crisis and, on 5
November, decides to establish the first UN peace-keeping force- the
UN Emergency Force (UNEF). |
September 196017 newly independent States, 16 from
Africa, join the UN -the biggest increase in membership in any one
year. |
Flagraising of 16 new Member States at UN
Headquarters, New York, 30 Sep 60 (67728 UN/DPI/M.
Bordy).
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18 September 1961Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold
dies in an aircraft crash while on mission to Congo. |
7 August 1963Security Council votes voluntary arms
embargo against South Africa. |
Yugoslav troops with UNEF on patrol, El Arish,
Egypt, Jan 57 (53061 UN/DPI).
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4 March 1964Security Council approves dispatch of
peacekeeping force to Cyprus. |
1965UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, is
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
Young Indian boy carries bricks to earn a
living, India, 1979 (148049 UN/DPI/J.P.
Laffont/Sygma).
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27 October 1966General Assembly strips South Africa
of its mandate to govern South-West Africa (Namibia). |
16 December 1966Mandatory sanctions are imposed
against Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) by the Security Council. |
SC affirms establishment of peace in Mideast,
New York, 22 Nov 67 (101873 UN/DPI/Y. Nagata).
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22 November 1967Following the six-day war in 1967,
the Security Council, after lengthy negotiations, adopts resolution
242 (1967), as the basis for achieving peace in the Middle
East. |
12 June 1968General Assembly approves Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and calls for its
ratification. |
UN peacekeeper escorts Greek woman to Greek
sector, Nicosia, 27 Apr 64 (84995 UN/DPI/B.
Zarov).
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4 January 1969The International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination comes into
force. |
1969The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
PRC delegation formally seated in GA, New
York, 15 Nov 71 (117269 UN/DPI/Y. Nagata).
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25 October 1971General Assembly votes to seat
representatives of the People's Republic of China. |
June 1972The first UN Environment Conference is held
in Stockholm, Sweden, leading to the establishment of the UN
Environment Programme (UNEP), headquartered in Nairobi. |
Voting board as GA grants PLO observer status,
New York, 22 Nov 74 (126887 UN/DPI/T. Chen).
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13 November 1974General Assembly recognizes the
Palestine Liberation Organization as "the sole legitimate
representative of the Palestinian people". |
June-July 1975International Women's Year is marked
by the first UN conference on women, held in Mexico City. |
Women at UNICEF-assisted family planning
clinic, Settat, Morocco, Jul 87 (156359 UN/DPI/J.
Isaac).
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4 November 1977Security Council adopts mandatory
arms embargo against South Africa. |
May-June 1978General Assembly convenes special
session, for the first time, on disarmament. |
In Lesotho, a female work crew builds a road,
Lesotho, 1969 (118420 UN/DPI/K. Muldoon).
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18 December 1979General Assembly adopts the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, covering political, economic, social, cultural and civic
values. |
8 May 1980Three years after the last case was
reported, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declares
smallpox eradicated. |
Congolese being vaccinated against smallpox,
Leopoldville, Jan 62 (73798 UN/DPI/B. Zarov).
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1981UN High Commissioner for Refugees is awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for the second time, for its assistance to Asian
refugees. |
25 November 1981General Assembly adopts Declaration
on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination
Based on Religion or Belief. |
FAO and UNDP assist in exploiting fish
resources. Joal, Senegal, 1976 (137725 UN/DPI/J.
Mohr).
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10 December 1982New UN Convention on the Law of the
Sea is signed by 117 States and two entities -the largest number of
signatures ever affixed to a treaty on its first day. |
December 1984Secretary-General Javier Perez de
Cuellar sets up a UN office for Emergency Operations in Africa to
help coordinate famine relief efforts. |
UK Red Cross worker assists drought victims.
Bati camp, Ethiopia, 5 Nov 84 (164669 UN/DPI/J.
Isaac).
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10 December 1984General Assembly adopts the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment. |
July 1985Thousands gather in Nairobi to attend the
third UN conference on women, marking the end of the UN Decade for
Women. |
A brilliant sun shining over Knoxville,
Tennessee, US, 1978 (139312 UN/DPI/R.
Kollar/TVA).
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September 1987Efforts of UNEP lead to the signing of
the Treaty on the Protection of the Ozone Layer -known as the
Montreal Protocol -a follow-up to the 1985 Vienna Convention on the
Ozone Layer. |
1988UN Peacekeeping operations awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize, at the time there were seven peacekeeping or observer
missions in operation. |
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to UN peacekeepers
in 1988, New York, Oct 88 (173115 UN/DPI/J.
Isaac).
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April 1989UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) is
deployed throughout Namibia to monitor South Africa's withdrawal and
provide electoral assistance. Elections were held in November 1989;
Namibia becomes independent on 21 March 1990. |
