Iraq launches a full-scale invasion of Iran

Resolution 476 declared Israel’s measures to alter the character and status of Jerusalem invalid and called for their rescission. The decision connected Palestinian self-determination with the...

As chair of the Movement, Cuba transmitted portions of the 1979 Havana summit declaration for UN consideration. The text linked Palestinian rights to opposition to occupation and unequal international...

The Assembly adopted resolution ES-7/2, calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territories and a just settlement of the Palestine question. The resolution recorded strong support for...

Resolution 478 rejected Israel’s Basic Law on Jerusalem and called on states to withdraw diplomatic missions from the city. The vote challenged annexation and the attempt to make control over occupied...

The General Assembly admitted Zimbabwe as the UN’s 153rd member, five months after independence. Admission recognized formal sovereign equality, while the movement from colonial rule to material...

Resolution 479 urged both governments to refrain from further force and accept mediation. The brief text treated the parties symmetrically and did not address the causes of the invasion or the unequal...

Resolution 35/19 addressed Western Sahara and called for the exercise of self-determination. The issue illustrates how formal decolonization remained unfinished after many African states had gained...

The declaration called for renewed arms-control efforts and linked military spending to resources needed for social and economic development. Many developing states argued that the arms race...

The strategy set development goals for the decade and acknowledged the need for international cooperation. Its ambitions confronted structural problems identified by developing countries, including...

Resolution 35/118 called for full implementation of the independence declaration for colonial countries and peoples. It maintained pressure on administering powers and kept self-determination...