Assembly for Peace
A resource for strengthening institutional knowledge and awareness of the General Assembly’s powers, past practice and complementary role with the Security Council on peace and security.
Explore the Assembly for Peace Handbook published in 2024 at the Assembly’s request, and additional summaries of past practice, a library of cases and other resources.
About
Learn about this initiative, the purpose and methodology, as well as other acknowledgements and contact means.
Assembly for Peace Handbook
Read the complete digital edition of the Assembly for Peace Handbook (2024), including updated material and interactive navigation.
Areas of Practice
From establishing peace operations to supporting mediators and watchdog bodies, understand how the Assembly has exercised its peace and security powers.
Cases of Practice
Browse more than 65 historical examples illustrating General Assembly action on peace and security.
Additional Resources
Access publications, timelines, charts, learning materials and other resources.
Timeline of GA action
Seven Decades of Assembly Action
1950
Creation of Uniting for Peace following hostilities in Korea
1956
1st emergency special session on the Suez Crisis
1978
Foreign intervention and conflict in Kampuchea
1981
Pre-emptive attack on Iraqi nuclear facilities
1994
Peace talks in Guatemala
2012
Response to the civil war in Syria