United Nations Security Council resolution 1996

E113059

UN Security Council resolution on South Sudan United Nations Security Council resolution

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996 is a 2011 measure that created the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan to support the new country's stability, governance, and protection of civilians following its independence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
S/RES/1996(2011)	1
United Nations Security Council resolution 1996 canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T942498 — 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: United Nations Security Council resolution 1996
Context triple: [United Nations Mission in South Sudan, establishedBy, United Nations Security Council resolution 1996]

A. United Nations Security Council Resolution 986
United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 was a 1995 UN measure that created the Oil-for-Food Programme, allowing Iraq to sell limited amounts of oil under international supervision to purchase humanitarian supplies while maintaining sanctions.
B. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194 is a 1998 UN measure that condemned Iraq’s suspension of cooperation with weapons inspectors and reinforced international demands for its disarmament following the Gulf War.
C. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 is a 2011 UN measure that imposed sanctions and referred the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court in response to the Gaddafi regime’s violent crackdown on protesters.
D. United Nations Security Council Resolution 186
United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 is a 1964 measure that established the legal framework for deploying a UN peacekeeping force to help stabilize the conflict in Cyprus.
E. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1154
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1154 is a 1998 UN measure that endorsed a diplomatic agreement with Iraq over weapons inspections, temporarily defusing a major standoff in the 1990s disarmament crisis.
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: United Nations Security Council resolution 1996
Target entity description: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996 is a 2011 measure that created the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan to support the new country's stability, governance, and protection of civilians following its independence.

A. United Nations Security Council Resolution 986
United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 was a 1995 UN measure that created the Oil-for-Food Programme, allowing Iraq to sell limited amounts of oil under international supervision to purchase humanitarian supplies while maintaining sanctions.
B. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194 is a 1998 UN measure that condemned Iraq’s suspension of cooperation with weapons inspectors and reinforced international demands for its disarmament following the Gulf War.
C. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 is a 2011 UN measure that imposed sanctions and referred the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court in response to the Gaddafi regime’s violent crackdown on protesters.
D. United Nations Security Council Resolution 186
United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 is a 1964 measure that established the legal framework for deploying a UN peacekeeping force to help stabilize the conflict in Cyprus.
E. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1154
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1154 is a 1998 UN measure that endorsed a diplomatic agreement with Iraq over weapons inspections, temporarily defusing a major standoff in the 1990s disarmament crisis.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UN Security Council resolution on South Sudan ⓘ United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ
abstentions	0 ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
adoptedInContextOf	Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the SPLM/A ⓘ linked to: Comprehensive Peace Agreement
adoptionDate	2011-07-08 ⓘ
aimsTo	prevent a return to conflict between Sudan and South Sudan ⓘ support peace and security in South Sudan ⓘ support the Government of South Sudan in building effective institutions ⓘ
chapterOfUNCharterInvoked	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
concernedWith	post-independence stability of South Sudan ⓘ protection of civilians under threat of physical violence in South Sudan ⓘ
countryConcerned	Republic of South Sudan ⓘ linked to: South Sudan Sudan ⓘ
creates	United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ linked to: United Nations Mission in South Sudan
documentSymbol	S/RES/1996(2011) ⓘ linked to: United Nations Security Council resolution 1996
establishes	UNMISS ⓘ linked to: United Nations Mission in South Sudan United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ linked to: United Nations Mission in South Sudan
filedUnder	2011 United Nations Security Council resolutions ⓘ linked to: United Nations Security Council resolutions United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning South Sudan ⓘ linked to: United Nations Security Council resolutions
initialPoliceCeiling	900 civilian police personnel ⓘ
initialTroopCeiling	7000 military personnel ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
linkedToEvent	independence of South Sudan ⓘ
mandateIncludes	protection of civilians ⓘ support for conflict prevention and mitigation ⓘ support for humanitarian assistance ⓘ support for security sector reform in South Sudan ⓘ support for state-building in South Sudan ⓘ support for the Government of South Sudan in peace consolidation ⓘ support for the establishment of rule of law in South Sudan ⓘ support for the promotion and protection of human rights in South Sudan ⓘ
meetingNumber	6576 ⓘ
missionAbbreviation	UNMISS ⓘ linked to: United Nations Mission in South Sudan
missionStartDate	2011-07-09 ⓘ
organ	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
predecessorMission	United Nations Mission in Sudan ⓘ linked to: UNMIS
predecessorMissionAbbreviation	UNMIS ⓘ
region	East Africa ⓘ
requests	Secretary-General to appoint a Special Representative for South Sudan ⓘ Secretary-General to establish UNMISS ⓘ
resolutionNumber	1996 ⓘ
subject	Establishment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan ⓘ Situation in South Sudan ⓘ
voteAgainst	0 ⓘ
voteFor	15 ⓘ
voteResult	unanimous ⓘ
yearAdopted	2011 ⓘ