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5 June 1977: Wangari Maathai and other women, the nucleus...

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5 June 1977

Wangari Maathai and other women, the nucleus of the Green Belt Movement , planted seven trees at a ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, to mark World Environment Day (established on this day in 1972 by...

17 February 1979: China invaded Vietnam, giving as reasons...

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17 February 1979

China invaded Vietnam, giving as reasons the disputed status of border territory and Vietnamese incursions across its border.

14-30 July 1980: The United Nations sponsored a second global...

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14-30 July 1980

The United Nations sponsored a second global conference on women, held in Copenhagen.

22 September 1980: Iraq invaded Iran, following a border dispute...

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22 September 1980

Iraq invaded Iran, following a border dispute which hinged on control of the waterway separating the two countries. The Iran-Iraq war lasted till July 1988.

3 September 1981: The Convention on the Elimination of All...

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3 September 1981

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1979, came into force.

10 December 1982: Alva Myrdal was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...

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10 December 1982

Alva Myrdal was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Alfonso García Robles . The two were recognized for their work, some of which was done with the United Nations , on nuclear disarmament.

15 July 1985: The United Nations sponsored the third global...

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15 July 1985

The United Nations sponsored the third global conference on women, opened in Nairobi (following that in Copenhagen in 1980); it ran for eleven days.

1990: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

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1990

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), set up by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988, published its first report.

2 September 1990: The United Nations Convention on the Rights...

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2 September 1990

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child came into effect, having been adopted the previous November.

16 April 1993: More than a hundred Muslims were massacred...

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16 April 1993

More than a hundred Muslims were massacred in the central Bosnian village of Ahmici; for this, in January 2000, five men were found guilty of war crimes by a United Nations tribunal.

21 March 1994: The United Nations Framework Convention on...

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21 March 1994

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change came into effect, having been ratified by 191 member nations.

6-16 July 1995: The massacre and mass-grave burial of 7,000...

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6-16 July 1995

The massacre and mass-grave burial of 7,000 Muslims by Serbs at Srebrenica in a United Nationssafe area called into question the UN's ability to keep the peace or to mitigate war.

4 September 1995: After a ten-year gap, the third United-Nations-sponsored...

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4 September 1995

After a ten-year gap, the third United-Nations -sponsored global conference on women took place, this time in Beijing.

14 December 1995: The Dayton Peace Accords, formally known...

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14 December 1995

The Dayton Peace Accords, formally known as the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, were signed in Paris after their conception in November at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton.

10 September 1996: The United Nations adopted the Comprehensive...

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10 September 1996

The United Nations adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which bans the detonation of all nuclear explosives and makes provision for nuclear monitoring and testing. More than a decade after its adoption it had...

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