The United Nations Security Council came into being when the UN Charter entered into force, and its first meeting was held in London in January 1946. It has five permanent members, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union (now Russia) and China, each of which holds a veto, and ten elected non-permanent members. The council is the only UN body that can adopt binding resolutions: it can impose sanctions, authorise peacekeeping missions and approve the use of force. Its work was often blocked during the Cold War by the use of the veto, although it authorised action in Korea in 1950 while the Soviet Union was boycotting it. Proposals to reform its membership and veto power have long been discussed.
Before and after
- 11 September 1945Birth of Franz Beckenbauer
- 12 September 1945Founding of VfL Wolfsburg
- from 13 September 1945 to 30 March 1946War in southern Vietnam
- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations
- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations Security Council
- from 27 October 1945 to 20 November 1945Battle of Surabaya
- 27 October 1945Birth of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- from November 1945 to December 19461946 Iran crisis
- from 2 November 1945 to 3 November 19451945 Cairo - Alexandria pogrom
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The era
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