** UN Conference on Trade & Development ( UNCTAD )

** UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ( UNHCR )

** UN Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO )

** UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan ( UNMOGIP )

** UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUC )

** UN Treaty Collection – Treaty Guide

** Eritrea: Eritrean independence was declared as a result of a referendum held with UN verification.

** 24 Pakistani troops in the UN forces are killed in Mogadishu, Somalia.

** The United Nations General Assembly votes unanimously to appoint a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

** The UN Security Council holds its first session.

** Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes UN Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that nation does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by Tuesday, January 15, 1991.

** Qana Massacre: Over 100 Lebanese civilians are killed after Israel shells the UN compound in Qana.

** Iraq disarmament crisis: According to UNSCOM, the unity of the UN Security Council begins to fray, as a few countries, particularly France and Russia, become more interested in making financial deals with Iraq than in disarming the country.

** Iraq disarmament crisis: The Executive Chairman of UNSCOM details Iraq's refusal to abide by UN Security Council disarmament resolutions.

** UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, tasked with ensuring humanitarian aid gets distributed and establishing peace in Somalia.

** African members of the UN Security Council say that the British army should blockade Rhodesia.

** President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt demands withdrawal of the peacekeeping UN Emergency Force in the Sinai.

** Adebayo Adedeji, Nigerian UN official

** Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1441.

** Resolution 1991: Amended the UN Charter, enlarging the Security Council to fifteen members.

** Resolution 44 / 34: The UN Mercenary Convention

** Thank God for the Death of the UN Richard Perle in The Guardian March 21, 2003

** Historian Paul Kennedy hailed Hammarskjöld in his book The Parliament of Man as perhaps the greatest UN Secretary-General because of his ability to shape events, in contrast with his successors.

** Medal: On 22 July 1997, the U. N. Security Council in resolution 1121 ( 1997 ) established the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal in recognition and commemoration of those who have lost their lives as a result of UN peacekeeping operations.

** The " Toddlers ' Truce ", a controversial television closedown between 6. 00 p. m. and 7. 00 p. m., is abolished in the United Kingdom.

** Truce Group

** Office of Thrift Supervision ( OTS )

** Architectural Technology • Biomedical Engineering • Computer Engineering • Computer and Information Technology • Computer Graphics Technology • Construction Engineering Management Technology • Electrical Engineering • Engineering Technology • Interior Design Technology • Mechanical Engineering • Motorsports Engineering • Music and Arts Technology • Organizational Leadership and Supervision • Technical Communications

** Nominated: Best Production Supervision ( Esther García )

** Best Production Supervision ( Emiliano Otegui, winner )

** Best Production Supervision

** Organizational Leadership and Supervision

** The Syntactic Organization of American Sign Language: A Synopsis (. pdf )

** United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO )

** Bureau of International Organization Affairs

** Albania officially joins the World Trade Organization.

** The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is permanently disbanded.

** In 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) led by the United States launched air attacks against Yugoslavia ( then composed of only Serbia and Montenegro ) to pressure the Yugoslav government to end its military operations against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo due to accusations of war crimes being committed by Yugoslav military forces working alongside nationalist Serb paramilitary groups.

** The World Health Organization declares tuberculosis a Global Emergency.

** Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ), CWC treaty enters into force.

** The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.

** The first World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization is held in Geneva.

** Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization founded as a specialized agency of the United Nations.

** International Labour Organization ( ILO ) In 1945, the organisation's new constitution came into effective.

** Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Organization ( CTBTO ) established.

** The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Angola.

** The World Trade Organization ( WTO ) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ).

** Warsaw Treaty Organization joint secretariat established.

** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated.

** International Labor Organization ( ILO ) is established as an agency of the League of Nations.

** A report by the World Meteorological Organization reports an unprecedented level of ozone depletion in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

** The National Organization for Women ( NOW ) is founded in Washington, DC.

** The U. N. General Assembly decides to found the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

** Warsaw Treaty Organization officially dissolved in accordance with a protocol calling for a “ transition to all-European structures.

** The International Hydrographic Organization ( IHO ) is founded.