UN/LOCODE is a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, a unit of the United Nations. UN/LOCODE assigns more than 50000 code elements to locations with functions such as seaports, airports, rail and road terminals, post offices, border crossing points and other locations used in trade and transport in 234 countries. UN/LOCODEs typically have five characters. The first two are letters, and come from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. Normally three letters will ...

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The film is a series of apparently unrelated, and at times offensive, scenes that attempt to shock the viewer. The film breaks from avant-garde tradition by focusing on content as well as on cinematic form: surprising camera angles and film tricks. The film opens with a scene in which a woman's eye is slit by a razor, and continues with a series of surreal scenes, including the following: a woman pokes at a severed hand in the street with her cane a man drags two grand pianos containing dead and rot ...

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Un chien andalou, Un chien andalou - Synopsis, Un chien andalou - Influence

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A United Nations Security Council Resolution is voted on by the fifteen members of the UN Security Council. It is passed if nine or more members vote for the resolution, and it is not voted against by any of the five permanent members: People's Republic of China (until 1971 the Republic of China), France, Russian Federation (until 1991 the Soviet Union), United Kingdom, and United States. There have been two major wars authorized ...

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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, adopted on November 10, 1975 by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), equated Zionism with racism. The resolution was revoked by Resolution 4686 on December 16, 1991, and is often referenced in debates of Zionism and racism. UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Background. The 1975 resolution was one of many incidents that reflect a long-standing UN condemnation of Zionism, which many find ironic and hypocritical, considering that it was 1947 UN P ...

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• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Background
• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - The resolution of 1975
• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - The Israeli response
• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Voting record
• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Aftermath

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On 29 November 1947 the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict in the British Mandate of Palestine, was approved by the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN World Headquarters in New York. The plan partitioned the territory into Jewish and Arab states, with the Greater Jerusalem area (encompassing Bethlehem) coming under international control. The failure of this plan led to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. 1947 UN Partition Plan - Creation of the plan. The U ...

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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 4686 passed on December 16, 1991, revoked Resolution 3379 with a vote of 111 to 25, with 13 abstentions. Israel made revocation of resolution 3379 a condition of its participation in the Madrid Peace Conference, in progress in the last quarter of 1991. Under pressure from the administration of George Bush Snr. in the United States, the UN passed the resolution. The text of the revocation was simply: "The general assembly decides to revoke the determi ...

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• UN General Assembly Resolution 4686 - Voting record

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, declared that the 1980 Knesset law (the Jerusalem Law) declaring Jerusalem as Israel's "eternal and indivisible" capital was "null and void and must be rescinded forthwith". The resolution instructed member states to withdraw their diplomatic representation from the city as a punitive measure, which the few countries with embassies in Jerusalem did, relocating their embassies to Tel Aviv. Most countries already located their embassies in Tel Aviv prior to resolution 478. The vote, which took plac ...

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 was adopted on March 19, 1978, establishing the United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon (UNIFIL). UN Security Council Resolution 425 - Background. U.N. Resolution 425 was implemented 8 days after the March 11, 1978 Coastal Road Massacre terrorist attack on an Israeli bus in the Tel-Aviv area which resulted in the death of 37 Israelis and the injury of 76 more. The resolution was deemed necessary after the IDF entered southern Lebanon three days later, t ...

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• UN Security Council Resolution 425 - The resolution text
• UN Security Council Resolution 425 - Aftermath

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 is a resolution by the UN Security Council, passed unanimously on November 8, 2002, offering Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" that had been set out in several previous resolutions (Resolution 660, Resolution 661, Resolution 678, Resolution 686, Resolution 687, Resolution 688, Resolution 707, Resolution 715, Resolution 986, and Resolution 1284), notably to provide "an accurate full, final, and complete disclosure, as required by Resolution 687 (1991), ...

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China's seat in the United Nations has been occupied by the People's Republic of China since November 23, 1971. It was previously held by the Republic of China. China and the United Nations - The ROC in the UN. The Republic of China (ROC) was one of the founding members of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council from its creation in 1945. In 1949 the Communist Party of China seized power on the mainland and declared the People's Republic of China (PRC), claiming to have replaced the ROC a ...

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Waris Dirie (born 1965 in Somalia) is a supermodel and a UN advocate for the abolishment of female circumcision. Waris Dirie - Early life. Dirie was born into a nomadic tribe in Somalia. Her home was a portable hut woven from grass. According to her autobiography, at age five, her mother held her down while a local woman cut away her genitals. Afterwards, she was stitched up tightly, leaving a hole the diameter of a matchstick. "I felt not complete with myself as a woman. Some days I felt so powerless," she ...

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 was a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on September 2, 2004. It called upon Syria to end its military presence in Lebanon by withdrawing its forces and to cease intervening in internal Lebanese politics. The resolution also called on all Lebanese militias (including Hezbollah) to disband. Nine countries voted in favor: Angola, Benin, Chile, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Six countries abstained: Algeria, Bra ...

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Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace. UN peacekeepers—soldiers and military officers, civilian police officers and civilian personnel from many countries—monitor and observe peace processes that emerge in post-conflict situations and assist ex-combatants in implementing the peace agreements they have signed. Such assistance comes in many forms, including confidence-building measures, power-sharing arrangements, electoral support, strengt ...

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• Peacekeeping - Peacekeeping human trafficking and forced prostitution
• Peacekeeping - Peacekeeping Reform
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• Peacekeeping - Peace Keeping Alternatives

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The UN Conciliation Commission was created by UN General Assembly Resolution 194, in order to conclude the 1948 Arab-Israeli War in the region of Palestine. The UN General Assembly committee which consisted of the five states which were designated in paragraph 3 of this resolution recommended that the Conciliation Commission should consist of delegates from the nations of France, Turkey and the United States of America, and this proposal was subsequently accepted by the General Assembly on December 11, 1948. Unite ...

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The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. It is charged with maintaining peace and security between nations. While other organs of the UN only make recommendations to member governments, the Security Council has the power to make decisions which member governments must carry out under the United Nations Charter. The decisions of the Council are known as UN Security Council Resolutions. United Nations Security Council - History. The Security Council held its first ...

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• United Nations Security Council - Role of the Security Council
• United Nations Security Council - Resolutions

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UNMIL is the acronym for the United Nations Mission in Liberia, a peace-keeping force for Liberia, which was established by Resolution 1509 of the United Nations Security Council in 2003. This followed the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the peaceful transfer of power. UNMIL was proposed to consist of up to 15,000 United Nations military personnel and 1,115 police officers, along with a civilian component. UNMIL - History. Civil war in Liberia claimed the lives of more than 250,000 people ...

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Contre la férule humiliante il y a déjà mille ans, La rapacité venue de loin les asservir il y a cent ans. Contre la cynique malice métamorphosée En néocolonialisme et ses petits servants locaux Beaucoup flanchèrent et certains résistèrent. Mais les échecs, les succès, la sueur, le sang Ont fortifié notre peuple courageux et fertilisé sa lutte héroïque. CHORUS: Et une seule nuit a rassemblée en elle L'histoire de tout un peuple. Et une seule nuit a déclenché sa m ...

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Une Seule Nuit, Une Seule Nuit - French lyrics, Une Seule Nuit - English translation, Une Seule Nuit - External link

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Confederate forces had been discovered on one of Naboo's moons, Ohma-D'un. Ohma-D'un was a moon almost completely populated by gungans. Once the Confederate forces were discovered, the people of Naboo were afraid that their planet would be the next in line to be captured. In retaliation of the invasion of Ohma-D'un, Queen Jamillia contacted the Senate and demanded that an army be sent to solve the problem. The Senate imidiatly agreed to act on the situation and sent in a small f ...

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Battle of Ohma-D'un, Battle of Ohma-D'un - Cause of the Battle, Battle of Ohma-D'un - The Result of the Battle

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Un-nefer (Egyptian) [from un to make manifest + nefer beauty]

The name of Osiris (Asar in Egyptian) in his aspect of the Lord of Amenti (the underworld); also used in late dynastic times in place of Asar.

(See also: Un-nefer, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)