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United Nations

International organization founded in 1945.

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1945 –
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  1. Active 1945 –
  2. headed by Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Secretary-General) 1992–1996

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people who worked here

  • Iqbal Riza 1994 Assistant Secretary-General Primary record 1
  • Kofi Annan 1994 Under-Secretary-General, head of UN peacekeeping Primary record 13

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Timeline 9 dates
  1. 1945 – United Nations
  2. 29 Nov 1947 United Nations adopted UN General Assembly Resolution 181
  3. 9 Dec 1948 United Nations adopted Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
  4. 11 Dec 1948 United Nations adopted UN General Assembly Resolution 194
  5. 11 Dec 1948 United Nations adopted UN General Assembly Resolution 194
  6. 1992–1996 Boutros Boutros-Ghali head of United Nations
  7. 1994 Iqbal Riza worked at United Nations
  8. 1994 Kofi Annan worked at United Nations
  9. 1999 Kofi Annan head of United Nations
Proof 7 sources
  1. Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda (S/1999/1257) [the UN PDF is an image scan; quoted text is taken from the copy of the UN web page archived at phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/RwandaReport1.htm (Parts I to V)], United Nations, 15 Dec 1999. Primary record
    met with the Secretary-General. Gambari asked Boutros-Ghali to counter moves in the Security Council to withdraw UNAMIR.
    including Under-Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Assistant-Secretary-General Iqbal Riza and Mr Hedi Annabi
    it was shared with other senior officials within DPKO, including Under-Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Assistant-Secretary-General Iqbal Riza and Mr Hedi Annabi
    Each part of that system, in particular the Secretary-General, the Secretariat, the Security Council and the Member States of the organisation
    the recurrent difficulties to get the necessary troops for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR)
  2. Statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the report of the Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, United Nations, 16 Dec 1999. Primary record
    in March this year I commissioned a completely independent Inquiry into those actions, with the approval of the Security Council.
  3. The Triumph of Evil (FRONTLINE, PBS), transcript, PBS Frontline, 26 Jan 1999. Scholarship & press
    The cable was sent under the name of Kofi Annan, then head of U.N. peacekeeping and now secretary general.
  4. DR Congo: Q&A on the United Nations human rights mapping report, Human Rights Watch, 1 Oct 2010. Scholarship & press
    The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the support of the UN Secretary General, initiated the mapping exercise
  5. Partition of Palestine: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, 29 November 1947, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 29 Nov 1947. Primary record
    Recommends to the United Kingdom, as the mandatory Power for Palestine, and to all other Members of the United Nations the adoption and implementation, with regard to the future Government of Palestine, of the Plan of Partition with Economic Union
  6. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, United Nations, 9 Dec 1948. Primary record
    genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such
  7. General Assembly Resolution 194 (III), 11 December 1948, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 11 Dec 1948. Primary record
    Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date
    compensation should be paid or the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good
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