Abstract
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions are formal expressions of the will of the Security Council and are a necessary condition for almost all substantive United Nation actions on conflict. However, surprisingly little work has examined the nature, extent, and distribution of UNSC resolutions within internal conflicts. In this chapter, we present original data on UNSC resolutions paired with UCDP/PRIO data on civil conflicts. Using these data, we show that the distribution of UNSC resolutions on civil wars varies in important ways across both time and conflicts. We further illustrate that UNSC resolutions can differ substantially in their expressed sentiment towards conflict actors. We suggest here that information on UNSC resolutions can provide useful insight into latent preferences among members of the UNSC as well as help us understand how actors may respond to UN initiatives.
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