{"slug": "united-nations-security-council", "label": "United Nations Security Council", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37470", "qid": "Q37470", "description": "one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security", "entries": 24, "years": 20, "span": [1946, 2024], "span_label": ["1946 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 14}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "lebanon", "label": "Lebanon", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "north-korea", "label": "North Korea", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ba-athist-iraq", "label": "Ba'athist Iraq", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kuwait", "label": "Kuwait", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mexico", "label": "Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "uganda", "label": "Uganda", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "soviet-union", "label": "Soviet Union", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "label": "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westminster in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#January", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – The United Nations Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjöld from Sweden as United Nations Secretary General.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#March", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – The United Nations Security Council is called into session by the Soviet Union, in order to consider Soviet demands for the Security Council to seek the immediate release of former Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#December", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – The United Kingdom asks the United Nations Security Council for authority to use force to stop oil tankers that violate the embargo against Rhodesia (authority is given April 10).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#April", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 23", "text": "November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#November", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 4", "text": "August 4 – The United Nations Security Council votes to censure Israel because its troops are still in Lebanon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#August", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – The 1982 Lebanon War begins: Israeli forces under Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their \"Operation Peace for the Galilee,\" eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut. The United Nations Security Council votes to demand that Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#June", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – In Lebanon, Hezbollah announces that it has hanged U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins in retaliation for Israel's July 28 kidnapping of Hezbollah leader Abdel Karim Obeid. The same day, the United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 638, condemning the taking of hostages by both sides in the conflict.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#July", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – Gulf War: With United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to its invasion of Kuwait.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#August", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes UN Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that state does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by Tuesday, January 15, 1991.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#November", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – The United Nations Security Council approves Resolution 743 to send a UNPROFOR peacekeeping force to Yugoslavia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#February", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 1441, forcing Iraq to either disarm or face \"serious consequences\". Iraq agrees to the terms of the resolution on November 13.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#November", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – North Korea launches a rocket from its Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground, which it says is carrying the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite, prompting an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#April", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda assume their seats on the United Nations Security Council.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#January", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – North Korea announces that it has conducted a second successful nuclear test in North Hamgyong Province. The United Nations Security Council condemns the reported test.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#May", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – The United Nations Security Council votes 10–0 to create a no-fly zone over Libya in response to allegations of government aggression against civilians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#March", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, explodes shortly after launch. The United States and other countries had called the impending launch a violation of United Nations Security Council demands. The launch was planned to mark the centenary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the founder of the republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#April", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – Saudi Arabia rejects a seat on the United Nations Security Council, making it the first country to reject a seat on the Security Council. Jordan takes the seat on December 6.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#October", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2166 in response to the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373534475#July", "title": "2014", "revid": 1373534475, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2015, "year_label": "2015 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2199 to combat terrorism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373300271#February", "title": "2015", "revid": 1373300271, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 23", "text": "December 23 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2334 condemning \"Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#December", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "December 22", "text": "December 22 – The UN Security Council votes 15–0 in favor of additional sanctions on North Korea, including measures to slash the country's petroleum imports by up to 90%.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371948773#December", "title": "2017", "revid": 1371948773, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, marking the first arrest warrant against a leader of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#March", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an \"immediate ceasefire\" in the Gaza war and demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#March", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › March"}}]}