In 1993, the UN Security Council adopted four resolutions calling for the cessation of hostilities, unimpeded access for international humanitarian relief efforts, and the eventual deployment of a peacekeeping force in the region.

The resolution placed Kosovo under UN administration and authorized a peacekeeping force.

A joint UN force of personnel from South Korea, the United States, Britain, Turkey, Canada, Australia, France, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand and other countries joined to stop the invasion.

Despite the retreat of US and UN forces after several deaths due to local hostilities mainly led by Aidid, the introduction of a powerful military force opened the transportation routes, enabling the provision of supplies and ended the famine quickly.

Because the Congolese army had been in disarray since the mutiny, Lumumba wanted to use the UN troops to subdue Katanga by force.

Referring to the resolution, Lumumba wrote to UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, ‘ From these texts it is clear that, contrary to your personal interpretation, the UN force may be used to subdue the rebel government of Katanga .’ Secretary General Hammarskjöld refused.

Disagreements over what the UN force could and could not do continued throughout its deployment.

" The UN secretary general and other international powers condemned the move, while government ministers issued a statement saying " Members of government expressed their support and their attachment to the prime minister and firmly condemned the use of force as a means to resolve problems.

The UN Security Council did not issue a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq.

Eleven minutes after the declaration went into force, the United States de facto recognised the State of Israel, followed by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's Iran ( which had voted against the UN partition plan ), Guatemala, Iceland, Nicaragua, Romania, and Uruguay.

Furthermore, since 2 February 2007 an Italian, Claudio Graziano is the commander of the UN force in the country.

Democracies in the developing world, due to their past colonial histories, often insist on non-interference in their internal affairs, particularly regarding human rights standards or their peculiar institutions, but often strongly support international law at the bilateral and multilateral levels, such as in the United Nations, and especially regarding the use of force, disarmament obligations, and the terms of the UN Charter.

The General Assembly cannot make binding resolutions, only ' recommendations ', but through its adoption of the " Uniting for Peace " resolution ( A / RES / 377 A ), of 3 November 1950, the Assembly declared that it has the power to authorize the use of force, under the terms of the UN Charter, in cases of breaches of the peace or acts of aggression, provided that the Security Council, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member, fails to act to address the situation.

In rare cases, the Security Council can adopt resolutions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, related to " threats to Peace, Breaches of the Peace and Acts of Aggression ," which are legally binding under international law, and can be followed up with economic sanctions, military action, and similar uses of force through the auspices of the United Nations.

On January 28, 2005, UN Security Council Resolution 1583 called upon the Government of Lebanon to fully extend and exercise its sole and effective authority throughout the south, including through the deployment of sufficient numbers of Lebanese armed and security forces, to ensure a calm environment throughout the area, including along the Blue Line, and to exert control over the use of force on its territory and from it.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called on the Lebanese Government " to extend its control over all its territory, to exert its monopoly on the use of force, and to put an end to all such attacks ".

The UN Secretary-General commended the African Governments who have contributed to UNMIL, as well as the United States for its support to the regional force.

The United States proposed a UN Security Council draft resolution to authorize the deployment of a multi-national stabilization force, and 200 marines as well as warships were sent to Monrovia's airport to support the peace-keeping effort.

This move was seen largely as a result of the PRC's lobbying in the UN and plans to deploy a peacekeeping force in Liberia.

At the conferences, St-Laurent, compelled by his belief that the UN would be ineffective in times of war and armed conflict without some military means to impose its will, advocated the adoption of a UN military force.

Even though the UN Security Council created a peacekeeping force to implement a referendum on self-determination for Western Sahara, it has yet to be held, periodic negotiations have failed, and the status of the territory remains unresolved.

Subsequent meetings of an OAU Implementation Committee proposed a cease-fire, a UN peacekeeping force, and an interim administration to assist with an OAU-UN-supervised referendum on the issue of independence or annexation.

* 1961 – thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force are massacred by a mob in the course of the Kindu atrocity.

Convinced that Israel was determined to attack Syria, he asked UN Secretary-General U Thant to withdraw UNEF forces from Sinai.

After the 1956 War ( often referred to as the Suez Crisis ), UNTSO greatly assisted the establishment of the United Nations Emergency Force ( UNEF ); in large measure the result of diplomatic efforts of the UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and a proposal from Canadian minister of external affairs Lester Pearson, by providing a group of trained military personnel for peacekeeping and emergency operations to UNEF It was the first time UNTSO's expertise was tapped in order to establish a United Nations Mission.

UNTSO's contribution to UNEF set the precedence for many UN missions to come.

It is unique from other United Nations Medals in that instead of saying UN on the obverse, it says UNEF.

UNEF was the first UN military force of its kind, its mission was to:

The UN Secretary-General sought to station UNEF forces on the Israeli side of the 1949 armistice lines, but this was rejected by Israel.

An image of Canadian and Panamanian UNEF UN peacekeepers in the Sinai, during 1974.

Both republics and the Soviet Union joined the UN when the organization was founded in 1945.

Tel Aviv, in fact, in 2004 was named to the list of world heritage sites by the UN due to its abundance of Bauhaus architecture ;< ref >

In 1976, Fuller was a key participant at UN Habitat I, the first UN forum on human settlements.

Finally, in the 2004 edition of the Factbook, the name of the entry was changed back to Macedonia, following a November 2004 US decision to refer to the country using this name, even though the official appelation of the republic within the UN remains FYROM.

The UN Advance Mission for Cambodia ( UNAMIC ) was deployed at the same time to maintain liaison among the factions and begin demining operations to expedite the repatriation of approximately 370, 000 Cambodians from Thailand.

Help was also received from the UN Office of Electoral Assistance.

A peaceful integration of the remaining Serbian-controlled territories in eastern Slavonia was completed in 1998 under UN supervision.

* took a strong line on the right of return for refugees to properties vacated in the 1974 displacement of Cypriots on both sides, which was based on both UN Resolutions and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights ;

However, weeks before the UN deadline, Klerides was defeated in presidential elections by centre candidate Tassos Papadopoulos.

A United Nations plan sponsored by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was announced on 31 March 2004, based on what progress had been made during the talks in Switzerland and fleshed out by the UN, was put for the first time to civilians on both sides in separate referendums on 24 April 2004.

This was a very unpopular commitment and the evacuation of British troops and subsequent handing over of the issue to the UN was widely supported by the public.

The second was by former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has rallied the world community to support UN sanctions against Zimbabwe, denouncing the regime's leaders as a " criminal cabal ".

Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN World Food Programme ( WFP ).

The voting process, though technically difficult due to the lack of infrastructure, was facilitated and organized by the Congolese Independent Electoral Commission with support from the UN mission to the Congo ( MONUC ).

Early UN reports indicate that the voting was for the most part peaceful, but spurred violence in many parts of the war-torn east and the Kasais.

Polling was once again facilitated-yet not run-by UN peacekeepers.

The first UN troops arrived the next day but there was instant disagreement between Lumumba and the UN over the new force's mandate.

To Hammarskjöld, the secession of Katanga was an internal Congolese matter and the UN was forbidden to intervene by Article 2 of the United Nations Charter.

Researchers working from the 1990s have concluded that money was directly funnelled to the army by the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency, the UN, and Belgium.

In the presence of a UN observer team, a referendum was held on August 11, 1968, and 63 % of the electorate voted in favor of the constitution, which provided for a government with a General Assembly and a Supreme Court with judges appointed by the president.