Midterm-Dates Flashcards
UN Charter created
1945
First General Assembly: London; reconvenes in New York
1946
General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1948
General Assembly establishes the UN High Commission for Refugees
1949
General Assembly approves treaty on Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
1968
General Assembly announces UN Decade of International Law
1989
General Assembly establishes post of High Commissioner for Human Rights
1994
UN Millennium Summit draws 152 heads of state from all over the world to reaffirm the UN’s central position in world affairs
2000
UN Security Council Resolution 1566 identifies acts of terrorism:
- There can never be no political or other justification
- Calls upon all states to prevent and punish such acts
2004
UN Security Council Resolution 1593 refers first case- Sudan, to the International Criminal Court
2005