UN General Assembly resolution 377 A (V)

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UN General Assembly resolution 377 A (V), known as the "Uniting for Peace" resolution adopted in 1950, empowers the General Assembly to recommend collective measures when the Security Council is deadlocked due to a lack of unanimity among its permanent members.

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instanceOf United Nations General Assembly resolution ⓘ
Uniting for Peace resolution ⓘ
international legal instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 1950-11-03 ⓘ
adoptionSession 5th session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
appliesTo United Nations Member States ⓘ
basedOn Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
clarifies the residual powers of the General Assembly in matters of peace and security ⓘ
conditionOfApplication when the Security Council fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security ⓘ
when there is lack of unanimity among the permanent members of the Security Council ⓘ
establishesProcedure for convening emergency special sessions within 24 hours ⓘ
historicalContext adopted during the early Cold War period ⓘ
adopted in the context of frequent vetoes in the Security Council ⓘ
influenced practice of emergency special sessions of the General Assembly ⓘ
initiatedBy United States of America ⓘ
interprets Article 11 of the Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Article 24 of the Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Articles 10 to 14 of the Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect authorizes the General Assembly to convene in emergency special session ⓘ
enables the General Assembly to recommend collective measures to UN Member States ⓘ
officialName Uniting for Peace ⓘ
opposedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
some Eastern bloc states ⓘ
organ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
providesFor emergency special sessions of the General Assembly ⓘ
recommendations for collective measures including economic and diplomatic sanctions ⓘ
recommendations for the use of armed force when necessary ⓘ
purpose to allow the General Assembly to recommend collective measures including the use of armed force when necessary for peace and security ⓘ
to empower the General Assembly to act when the Security Council fails to maintain international peace and security due to lack of unanimity of its permanent members ⓘ
resolutionNumber 377 A (V) ⓘ
shortName Uniting for Peace resolution ⓘ
significance expanded the de facto role of the General Assembly in peace and security matters ⓘ
provides an alternative mechanism when the Security Council is paralyzed ⓘ
subject collective security ⓘ
deadlock in the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
maintenance of international peace and security ⓘ
role of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
supportedBy Western bloc states ⓘ
triggerMechanism request by a majority of Members of the United Nations ⓘ
request by the Security Council with the vote of any seven members (at the time) ⓘ
typeOfMeasure recommendatory resolution ⓘ
UNDocumentSymbol A/RES/377(V) ⓘ
usedIn Suez Crisis of 1956 ⓘ
linked to: Suez Crisis

various situations where the Security Council was blocked by veto ⓘ
votingRule two-thirds majority of members present and voting for important questions ⓘ

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emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly → legalBasis → UN General Assembly resolution 377 A (V) ⓘ
Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V)) → UNDocumentSymbol → A/RES/377 (V) ⓘ
linked to: UN General Assembly resolution 377 A (V)
UN General Assembly resolution 377 A (V) → UNDocumentSymbol → A/RES/377(V) ⓘ
linked to: UN General Assembly resolution 377 A (V)
Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly → convenedUnder → UN General Assembly Resolution 377 A (V) ⓘ
linked to: UN General Assembly resolution 377 A (V)