United Nations Security Council

13-March-1953 : The United Nations Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold as United Nations Secretary General.
07-April-1966 : The United Kingdom asks the United Nations Security Council for authority to use force to stop oil tankers that violate the embargo against Rhodesia (authority is given April 10).
18-November-1970 : The United Nations Security Council demands that no government recognize Rhodesia.
23-November-1971 : The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
06-June-1982 : The United Nations Security Council votes to demand that Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon.
04-August-1982 : The United Nations Security Council votes to censure Israel because its troops are still in Lebanon.
04-January-1991 : An 1990 The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to condemn Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.
27-November-1991 : The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution opening the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.
21-February-1992 : The United Nations Security Council approves United Nations Resolution 743 to send a UNPROFOR peacekeeping force to Yugoslavia.
08-November-2002 : Iraq disarmament crisis: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves UN Security Council Resolution 1441, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".