• 1946 •
Resolution 1: Established the
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC) "to deal with the problems raised by the discovery of atomic energy" and tasked to "make specific proposals... for the elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons and of all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction", among other issues regarding nuclear technology. •
Resolution 39: Relations of Members of the United Nations with
Francoist Spain. •
Resolution 40:
Voting procedure in the
Security Council. •
Resolution 64: Establishment of the
Trusteeship Council. •
Resolution 95: Affirmation of the principles of international law recognized by the
Charter of the
Nuremberg Tribunal •
Resolution 96: The crime of
Genocide. •
Resolution 100:
Headquarters of the United Nations. • 1947 •
Resolution 177: International Law Commission was directed to "formulate the principles of international law recognized in the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and in the judgment of the Tribunal". This resulted in the creation of the
Nuremberg Principles. •
Resolution 181: The 1947 UNGA 'Partition resolution' regarding the
British Mandate of Palestine. • 1948 •
Resolution 194: Calls for the "
Right of return" for
Palestinian refugees. •
Resolution 217:
Universal Declaration of Human Rights •
Resolution 260: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. • 1949 •
Resolution 273: Admits the
State of Israel to membership in the United Nations. •
Resolution 289: On the Question of the disposal of the former Italian colonies: recommending that
Libya should be independent not later than 1 January 1952 •
Resolution 303: On the Question of an international regime for the Jerusalem area and the protection of the Holy Places: restated the United Nation's stance on
corpus separatum for Jerusalem. • 1950 •
Resolution 377 A: The "Uniting for Peace" Resolution • 1951 •
Resolution 498: calling on the
People's Republic of China to
cease all hostilities on the
Korean peninsula... its armed forces continue their
invasion of Korea and their large-scale attacks upon United Nations forces there...has itself engaged in
aggression in Korea •
Resolution 500: Recommend general trade embargo against People's Republic of China and North Korea for their aggression in Korea • 1956 • Resolution 997(ES-I): Question considered by
the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956. (see also:
Suez Crisis) • 1960 •
Resolution 1514: Declaration on the granting of independence to
colonial countries and peoples. •
Resolution 1541: United Nations definition of what a
colony is, and what
self-determination is.
Principles which should guide Members in determining whether or not an obligation exists to transmit the information called for under Article 73 e of the Charter. • 1962 •
Resolution 1761: Recommended sanctions against
South Africa in response to the governments policy of
apartheid. • 1963 •
Resolution 1962: One of the earliest resolutions governing
Outer space. •
Resolution 1991: Amended the UN Charter, enlarging the
Security Council to fifteen members. • 1966 • Resolution 21/2200:
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights • 1968 • Resolution 22/2373:
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, adopted to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons • 1970 • Resolution 25/625:
Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations, systemizing principles regarding
international law and right to
self-determination • 1971 •
Resolution 2758: Expelled the collective representatives of
Chiang Kai-shek and replaced it with the representatives of
People's Republic of China. It also recognized the PRC as the sole legal authority of
China.
(See China and the United Nations) • 1972 •
Resolution 3010: Adopted to make the year 1975
International Women's Year. • 1973 •
Resolution 3068:
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid adopted and opened for signature, and ratification by Resolution 3068, 30 November 1973, and entered into force on 18 July 1976. • 1974 •
Resolution 3275: Adopted 1975,
International Women's Year, as a period of intensified action with regards to equal rights and recognition of women. •
Resolution 3314: Defined
wars of aggression. • 1975 •
Resolution 3379:
Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination; revoked by
Resolution 46/86. •
Resolution 3520: Adopted the World Plan of Action and related resolutions from the
International Women's Year Conference. • 1976 •
Resolution 31/72: Adopted the 1977
Environmental Modification Convention •
Resolution 31/136: Adopted the period from 1976 to 1985 as the
United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace. • 1978 •
Resolution 33/75: Urges the Security Council, especially its permanent members, to take all necessary measures for ensuring UN decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security. United States and Israel were the only no votes. • 1979 •
Resolution 34/37: Deplored
Moroccan occupation of
Western Sahara and urged to terminate it. • 1989 •
Resolution 44/34: The UN
Mercenary Convention • 1991 •
Resolution 46/86: revoked
Resolution 3379. • 1992 • Resolution 47/90, made 16 December 1992: the first of a series of resolutions concerning
cooperatives in
social development listed in
Resolution 62/128 (see below). • 1993 •
Resolution 47/121: condemned
ethnic cleansing of the Bosnian Muslims by the Bosnian Serbs as genocide, (fourteen years later the
International Court of Justice ruled in the
Bosnian Genocide Case of 2007, that ethnic cleansing was not enough in itself to be genocide, but that there must also be intent to kill a substantial part of the targeted group by the perpetrators). • 1998 • Resolution 53/176 on action against
corruption and
bribery in international commercial transactions, 15 December 1998 • 2000 • Resolution 54/205: Prevention of corrupt practices and illegal transfer of funds, 27 January 2000. This resolution was a follow-on to Resolution 53/176 of 15 December 1998. •
Resolution 55/56: Introduced a process to certify the origin of rough diamonds from sources that are
conflict-free • 2003 • Resolution 57/306: Investigation into sexual exploitation of refugees by aid workers in West Africa, calling for strengthened oversight, accountability, and preventive measures within UN operations. • Resolution 58/76 on the
Model Legislative Provisions on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, recommended adoption of work undertaken in this specialist field by
UNCITRAL. • 2005 • Resolution 60/7: designated the
International Holocaust Remembrance Day • 2006 • Resolution 60/251: Establishment of the
United Nations Human Rights Council, replacing the former criticized
UN Commission on Human Rights • Resolution 61/106: Adopted the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. • 2007 • Resolution 61/295: Establishes the
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. •
Resolution 61/255: Condemned without any reservation any
denial of the Holocaust •
Resolution 62/149: Called for a universal
moratorium on
capital punishment with a view to total abolition, and in the meantime, respect for the rights of those on death row. Calls on states which have abolished the death penalty not to reintroduce it. •
Resolution 62/167: Expressed serious concern about
human rights in North Korea. • 2008 •
Resolution 62/63: Criminal Accountability of UN Officials and Experts on Mission. • Resolution 62/128: Cooperatives in social development, adopted having recalled the following earlier resolutions on the same subject: resolutions 47/90 of 16 December 1992, 49/155 of 23 December 1994, 51/58 of 12 December 1996, 54/123 of 17 December 1999, 56/114 of 19 December 2001, 58/131 of 22 December 2003 and 60/132 of 16 December 2005. • 2012 •
Resolution 67/19: Recognizing the
State of Palestine as a non-member observer state. • 2014 •
Resolution 68/262: Territorial integrity of
Ukraine. • 2015 • Resolution 69/292: Development of an international legally-binding instrument under the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. • Resolution 70/1: Transforming our world: the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development • 2017 •
Resolution ES-10/19: Status of
Jerusalem • Resolution 71/256:
New Urban Agenda, establishes a global framework for sustainable urban development until 2036 • 2018 •
Resolution 72/191: "Situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic" •
Resolution 73/5:
Palestine is granted enhanced privileges in General Assembly work and sessions when it assumes 2019
Group of 77 chair. •
Resolution ES-10/20: "Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory" and "Protection of the Palestinian civilian population" • 2022 •
Resolution ES-11/1:
Aggression against Ukraine •
Resolution ES-11/2:
Humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine •
Resolution ES-11/3:
Suspension of the rights of membership of the Russian Federation in the Human Rights Council •
Resolution 76/262: Standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council •
Resolution ES-11/4:
Territorial integrity of Ukraine: defending the principles of the Charter of the United Nations •
Resolution ES-11/5: Furtherance of remedy and reparation for aggression against Ukraine • 2023 •
Resolution ES-11/6: Principles of the Charter of the United Nations underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine •
Resolution ES-10/21: Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory •
Resolution ES-10/22: Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations • 2025 •
Resolution ES-11/7: Advancing a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine •
Resolution ES-11/8: The Path to Peace • 2026 • Resolution 80/250: Declares the trafficking of
enslaved Africans as
Crime against Humanity == See also ==