First Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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The First Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly was an urgent 1956 meeting convened to address the Suez Crisis and broader issues of peace and security in the Middle East.

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instanceOf United Nations General Assembly emergency special session ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly session ⓘ
addressedIssue response to military action by the United Kingdom, France, and Israel in Egypt ⓘ
restoration of peace and security in the Middle East ⓘ
withdrawal of foreign troops from Egypt ⓘ
aim maintain international peace and security in the Middle East ⓘ
secure a ceasefire in Egypt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Emergency Special Session ⓘ
UNGA First Emergency Special Session ⓘ
calledBy Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
category 1956 in international relations ⓘ
Suez Crisis ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
convenedBy Dag Hammarskjöld ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
convenedUnder Uniting for Peace resolution ⓘ
convenedUnderArticle Uniting for Peace mechanism of the UN Charter framework ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1956-11-10 ⓘ
focusRegion Middle East ⓘ
follows adoption of the Uniting for Peace resolution in 1950 ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Uniting for Peace resolution 377 (V) ⓘ
location United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
mainSubject Suez Crisis ⓘ
peace and security in the Middle East ⓘ
notableAs first use of the Uniting for Peace mechanism in the context of the Suez Crisis ⓘ
partOf history of the Suez Crisis ⓘ
history of the United Nations ⓘ
precededBy tenth session of the United Nations General Assembly (regular) ⓘ
reasonForCall failure of the Security Council to act on the Suez Crisis ⓘ
relatedOrganization United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
resultedIn authorization of the first United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
recommendations for ceasefire in the Suez Crisis ⓘ
secretaryGeneralAtTime Dag Hammarskjöld ⓘ
startDate 1956-11-01 ⓘ
subjectOf United Nations archival records ⓘ
historical studies of the Suez Crisis ⓘ
temporalContext Suez Crisis ⓘ
UNResolutionNumber ES‑I ⓘ
year 1956 ⓘ

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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1000 (ES-I) → sessionType → First Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
First Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly → alsoKnownAs → First Emergency Special Session ⓘ
linked to: First Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly
First Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly → alsoKnownAs → UNGA First Emergency Special Session ⓘ
linked to: First Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 106 (S-1) → session → First Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ