Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V))

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Cold War-era resolution United Nations General Assembly resolution international legal instrument

The Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V)) is a landmark 1950 United Nations General Assembly measure that allows the Assembly to recommend collective action, including the use of armed force, when the Security Council is deadlocked by a veto.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Uniting for Peace resolution	5
Resolution 377 A (V) "Uniting for Peace"	1
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 377 A (Uniting for Peace)	1
Uniting for Peace	1
Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V)) canonical	1
Uniting for Peace resolution 377 (V)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T933784 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V))
Context triple: [United Nations General Assembly resolutions, example, Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V))]

A. UN General Assembly Resolution 38/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 38/7 is a 1983 United Nations General Assembly resolution that condemned the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada as a violation of international law.
B. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 is a landmark 1991 resolution that established the modern framework for international humanitarian assistance and coordination within the UN system.
C. United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V)
United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) is the 1950 resolution that established the mandate and foundational statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
D. UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
E. United Nations General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI)
United Nations General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) is the 1966 UN resolution that adopted the core international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V))
Target entity description: The Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V)) is a landmark 1950 United Nations General Assembly measure that allows the Assembly to recommend collective action, including the use of armed force, when the Security Council is deadlocked by a veto.

A. UN General Assembly Resolution 38/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 38/7 is a 1983 United Nations General Assembly resolution that condemned the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada as a violation of international law.
B. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 is a landmark 1991 resolution that established the modern framework for international humanitarian assistance and coordination within the UN system.
C. United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V)
United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) is the 1950 resolution that established the mandate and foundational statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
D. UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
E. United Nations General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI)
United Nations General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) is the 1966 UN resolution that adopted the core international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War-era resolution ⓘ United Nations General Assembly resolution ⓘ international legal instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1950-11-03 ⓘ
characterizedAs	landmark in development of the General Assembly’s role in peace and security ⓘ
corePrinciple	General Assembly recommendations do not require concurrence of permanent members of the Security Council ⓘ linked to: United Nations General Assembly resolutions when the Security Council fails to exercise its primary responsibility due to lack of unanimity of permanent members, the General Assembly may act ⓘ
fullName	Resolution 377 A (V) "Uniting for Peace" ⓘ linked to: Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V))
historicalContext	Korean War ⓘ early Cold War tensions between permanent members of the Security Council ⓘ
influenced	practice of convening emergency special sessions of the General Assembly ⓘ
introducedBy	United States of America ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	United Nations Charter Article 10 ⓘ United Nations Charter Article 11 ⓘ United Nations Charter Article 14 ⓘ United Nations Charter Article 20 ⓘ United Nations Charter Article 24 ⓘ linked to: Article 24 of the United Nations Charter United Nations Charter Article 27 ⓘ United Nations Charter Article 35 ⓘ United Nations Charter Article 39 ⓘ
legalEffect	allows recommendations for use of armed force ⓘ authorizes General Assembly to recommend collective measures ⓘ provides procedure when Security Council fails to act due to veto ⓘ
procedure	emergency special session can be requested by a majority of UN Member States ⓘ emergency special session can be requested by seven members of the Security Council ⓘ emergency special session may be called within 24 hours ⓘ
providesMechanism	emergency special session of the General Assembly ⓘ linked to: emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly
purpose	to empower the General Assembly to act in cases of threats to peace, breaches of peace, or acts of aggression ⓘ to maintain or restore international peace and security when the Security Council is deadlocked ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	global ⓘ
scope	acts of aggression ⓘ breaches of the peace ⓘ threats to the peace ⓘ
shortName	Uniting for Peace resolution ⓘ linked to: Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V))
subjectMatter	Security Council veto deadlock ⓘ collective security ⓘ role of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
typeOfMeasure	recommendatory resolution ⓘ
UNDocumentSymbol	A/RES/377 (V) ⓘ linked to: UN General Assembly resolution 377 A (V)
UNGeneralAssemblySession	fifth session ⓘ
usedInContext	Israeli–Palestinian conflict emergency special sessions ⓘ Soviet intervention in Afghanistan 1980 ⓘ linked to: Soviet–Afghan War Soviet intervention in Hungary 1956 ⓘ linked to: Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Suez Crisis of 1956 ⓘ linked to: Suez Crisis
voteResult	adopted ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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United Nations General Assembly resolutions → example → Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V)) ⓘ

emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly → legalBasis → Uniting for Peace resolution ⓘ