The History of the UN Security Council - Into the Vault: 75 Years of UN Audiovisual Heritage

Welcome to “Into the Vault: 75 Years of UN Audiovisual Heritage,” where you will have a chance to explore hidden treasures from the United Nations audiovisual library.

This month we will be exploring the most widely known of the UN’s 6 main organs – the Security Council.

I declare the council duly constituted and in session.

The UN audiovisual library holds nearly 10,000 film, video, and audio assets relating to the Security Council.

Mr. President, the Security Council today begins it’s history. It will be a history momentous in the consequences for the human race. This is a new beginning in the long conquest for peace and security.

All meetings have been recorded in a wide range of formats from film to video to digital signal. As technology changed, so did the recording and archiving technologies employed by the United Nations. These recordings are critical to the understanding of the works and procedures of the Security Council, and to the transparency and accountability of the United Nations.

The calling together of the Security Council will not by itself establish peace.

Article 1 of the UN Charter states that the first purpose of the organization is to “maintain international peace and security,”

Our fellow members of the united nations have placed in our hands the primary but no the sole responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.

With such monumental tasks at hand, all eyes are on the Security Council. The Security Council can propose peaceful settlement of disputes by various means including cease fires, negotiation, mediation, and peacekeeping operations. The Council may also impose sanctions and, as a last resort, can authorize the use of military force. Additionally, the Council recommends new member states to the General Assembly, approves changes to the UN Charter, and is the only UN organ with the power to issue binding resolutions to member states.

Unlike the General Assembly, where each member state is entitled to an individual vote, the 15 members of the Security Council are conferred with the responsibility to act on behalf of all member states. This can lead to moments of discord.

Threats to international peace and security arise not only from armed conflict but can encompass a wide range of issues from climate change to violence against women and children, from genocide to public health crises like HIV/AIDS.

The Security Council will discuss a health issue as a security threat.

Since its inception, the Security Council has issued nearly 3000 resolutions, and continues to work towards the goals of peacemaking and peacekeeping.

So that we may find the means of living together in peace, with one another, as good neighbors.

Thanks for joining us! We hope you have enjoyed this glimpse into the vault and into the history of the United Nations.

The UN Audiovisual Library's mission is to provide access to and preserve the audiovisual archives from over 75 years of the history of the Organization.

Stay tuned for more treasures from “The Vault”

[charles.m.molema]

Right . . . Back in the days when a dollar had a value and the needs of the people weren't overlooked for price tags&incentives.

[Stories.lifes]

Hello Dear,  Respectable.I hope all's get better and better. My family a Refugee  Asylum seekers family. We have been living or living for more than five years. Here environment  in Afghanistan's is very insecure.the live life. The whole world you and UNHCR UNITED Nation  know what a Security Risk it is to lives Refugee Asylum seekers  here's. And we've locked ourselves in the Place of residence a long time .  I request You and UNHCR UNITED Nation please help for resettlement safe life Protection. Thanks

[عادلالشعلانالغامدي-كل]

سبق صحفي حول العالم بالفتوا حقتي الان وشكرآ لله

[kyawthet]

Without outside help, Burma's path to democracy will surely fail. Save Myanmar

[Oook]

They Did nothing about Kashmir issue shame on UN security strategy.

[habibullahhassanzada]

Please, please, save the long-term migrants in Indonesia.

[xqkjdvj]

The person who hides the die-casting message circled to see what he collected on YouTube and can be stored if necessary! (Amitabha)

[carolinecollett]

The German Colonial empire got its start around 1884, and in those years they invaded several territories in Africa: German East Africa (including present-day Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of Tanzania); German South-West Africa (present-day Namibia), German Cameroon 🇨🇲

[besmart]

It feels like the narrator is going to fall asleep

[ivanoech]

It would be unjust to say UN has not done his job since it was founded. Since then we have seen the role of UN diminished and not respected. More and more we see conflicts and wars which have destroyed countries and increase the immigration of thousands people leaving their land because the bombing and attacks of the terrorists. Also some countries had been bombed and destroyed by NATO without the approval of the Security Council like Yugoeslavia, Libia. Irak.
At the present time, besides conflicts the planet have more and more bigger and destroying different kind of catastrophes like the corona-virus pandemia, heavy rains, big fires, tsunamis, droughts, etc. All of that means for the countries and UN expends millions to help the refugees. Without wars and confilicts UN can expend more money to help the people' sufferings.
I believe the Security Council in the UN should be reformed or simply disappears and the whole nations will have to vote and resolve and to do the job democratically between all the nations .

[josephwilnoirbarthelemy]

DETECTIVE INVESTIGACIÓN SECRET SERVICE POLICE INTERNATIONAL INTERPOL UNPOL BEST JOB GOD BLESS ALL

[kelvin]

Today Myanmar military use air force and burn down houses and then shot innocent civilians, one of well known Religious Christian Pastors was shot dead by military .
How many dead bodies are required for UN to take action ?

[KhunSanExploring]

security coulcil for what for china to protest the animal not for human?

[subsandfan]

Rakhain rohingya Muslim, east turkistan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, philistine, Jammu Kashmir Gujrat, Mali, Chad, Sudan, Chechnya, Kosovo and Indian north Pradesh .

[josephwilnoirbarthelemy]

GOOD MORNING GOOD JOB GOOD WORKING UNPOL INTERPOL DETECTIVE INVESTIGACIÓN SECRET SERVICE POLICE INTERNATIONAL GOD BLESS ALL AMÉN AMÉN NATIONS UNIS UNPOL ON LOVE BEST JOB

[godofuniverse]

THERE WERE A WE AS A SECURITY AS A COUNCIL ANY . WE CONTEST IT TOO TELL WE OF ALL IN THE WE PURCHASED A U.N. AS A THING AS A WE AS A SHORTESTS AS A OF THE FUNDS AS A WE AS A SDR AS A PASSING TIME IN THE WE AS A KING.

[godofuniverse]

WEST AS A SHORT AS A WERE IN NO NEED IF THEN WHAT FOR BIT OF THE NEED WERE TO PURCHASE AS A WE AS A FROM THE WE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES TO BE IN THE CREATION OF A MOMENTUM CALLED ECONOMY.

[kareemkalisari]

Thank you UN



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[waindayoungthain]

The UN assembly’s mission was for humanity lives, not by forces and sanctuary in economic development. It’s not warriors justice lawlessness.
I hope for the USA supporting UN mission as if’s the first time of UN establishment by the USA in cooperative countries, and permanent peace deals with the Russia, China, the British and France, and you are the one to sacrifice the world peace. ✌🏼👆🏻🤞

[luispadrao]

Parabéns pelo trabalho todas as pessoas que estão morrendo no mundo quais as consequências futuras para as nações e humanidade amém