UNITING FOR PEACE RESOLUTION

Abstract

This chapter describes the different aspects of the Uniting for Peace Resolution. Resolution 377(V), known as the Uniting for Peace Resolution, was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 3, 1950 by 52 votes to 5 with 2 abstentions. The Resolution was indicative of the general shift in emphasis away from the United Nations Security Council to the General Assembly, and of the concomitant tendency to extend the General Assembly's competence as a result of the Security Council's inability to act as a result of East–West rivalry. The Resolution itself was inspired by the United Nations' experience in the Korean situation. The Security Council had only been able to act decisively in Korea because of certain accidental circumstances. Part A of the Resolution stated that if the Security Council, because of the lack of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in a case of a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression, the General Assembly is to consider the matter immediately.