Cold War era United Nations

dag hammarskjöld particularly active secretary-general 1953 until death in 1961.

though un s primary mandate peacekeeping, division between , ussr paralysed organization, allowing intervene in conflicts distant cold war. (a notable exception security council resolution in 1950 authorizing us-led coalition repel north korean invasion of south korea, passed in absence of ussr.) in 1947, general assembly approved resolution partition palestine, approving creation of state of israel. 2 years later, ralph bunche, un official, negotiated armistice resulting conflict. in 1956, first un peacekeeping force established end suez crisis; however, un unable intervene against ussr s simultaneous invasion of hungary following country s revolution.

in 1960, un deployed united nations operation in congo (unoc), largest military force of decades, bring order breakaway state of katanga, restoring control of democratic republic of congo 1964. while travelling meet rebel leader moise tshombe during conflict, dag hammarskjöld, named 1 of un s effective secretaries-general, died in plane crash; months later posthumously awarded nobel peace prize. in 1964, hammarskjöld s successor, u thant, deployed un peacekeeping force in cyprus, become 1 of un s longest-running peacekeeping missions.

with spread of decolonization in 1960s, organization s membership saw influx of newly independent nations. in 1960 alone, 17 new states joined un, 16 of them africa. on 25 october 1971, opposition united states, support of many third world nations, mainland, communist people s republic of china given chinese seat on security council in place of republic of china occupied taiwan; vote seen sign of waning influence in organization. third world nations organized group of 77 coalition under leadership of algeria, briefly became dominant power @ un. in 1975, bloc comprising ussr , third world nations passed resolution, on strenuous , israeli opposition, declaring zionism racism; resolution repealed in 1991, shortly after end of cold war.

with increasing third world presence , failure of un mediation in conflicts in middle east, vietnam, , kashmir, un increasingly shifted attention ostensibly secondary goals of economic development , cultural exchange. 1970s, un budget social , economic development far greater peacekeeping budget.