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| |name=United Nations | | |section1-title= Organization overview |
| |image=[[File:United_Nations.png|300px]]<br/>The United Nations General Assembly hall.<ref>''[[Halo Legends]]'', [[Origins]]</ref> | | |anthem= |
| |type=International diplomatic and military organization | | |image= [[File:United_nations_flag.png|300px]] |
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| |documents= | | |body= International diplomatic and military organization |
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| | |bodyfigure= United Nations Charter |
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| |main=[[New York City]], [[Earth]] (historic){{Ref/Reuse|encyc296}} | | |branch-title=Branches |
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| | |main= [[New York City]], [[Earth]]<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[Origins]]''</ref> |
| |language=[[English]], and several others | | |language= [[English]] (primary) and several others |
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| |religion= | | |religion= Multi-religious |
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| | |notable-title= Currency |
| |notable-title= | | |notable = [[Credit|UN credit]] |
| |notable= | | |formed-title=Formation |
| |formed=[[1945]]<ref name="encytimeline">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', Timeline, p. 31</ref> | | |formed= Formed from the League of Nations, 1945 |
| |dissolved-title=Reorganized | | |dissolved-title=Reorganized |
| |dissolved=[[2170]]: becomes part of the [[Unified Earth Government]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSP}} | | |dissolved= [[2170]], becomes part of the [[Unified Earth Government]]<ref name="HSP"/> |
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| | | The '''United Nations''' ('''UN''') is an international [[Earth]]-based organization,<ref name="timeline">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''Timeline'']</ref> and the predecessor of the [[UNSC]] and the [[Unified Earth Government]]. By the 26th century, the UN had been absorbed into a branch of the UEG.<ref name="HSP">[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080508.html '''Halo Story Page''': ''Frank O'Connor/Robt McLees Interview - August 2008'']</ref> |
| The '''United Nations''' ('''UN''') is an international [[Earth]]-based organization,<ref name="encyc296">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', Earth, p. 285, (2009); p. 296 (2011)</ref> and the predecessor of the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Unified Earth Government]].<ref name="HSP">[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080508.html ''Halo Story Page'': Frank O'Connor/Robt McLees Interview - August 2008]</ref> By the 26th century, the UN has been absorbed into a branch of the UEG and has become a largely vestigial entity, acting as a local administrative body among the [[national government]]s of Earth.<ref name="CatalogUN">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315 ''Halo Waypoint'': Query Answer: Human records indicate that the assembly (ref: United Nations) is a vestigial organization responsible for adjudication of administrative tasks between territorial sectors on Erde-Tyrene.]</ref> Following the colonization of the Solar system and despite cultural elements, the citizens of Earth were the citizens of the United Nations.{{Ref/Novel|CH|Chapter=2}} | |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===Early history=== | | ===Inception=== |
| The United Nations was founded in [[1945]].{{Ref/Reuse|encytimeline}} | | The idea of a United Nations system of global governance began in 1920 after the end of World War I. The brainchild of American President Woodrow Wilson, the purpose of the League of Nations was to spark economic development and to keep the peace after the destruction of the war. However, this organization would soon collapse without the support of the United States Congress and growing tensions caused by the Great depression of the early 1930s. Its ultimate downfall came with [[Wikipedia:World War II|World War II]], which the League was completely unable to prevent. |
| | | The concept, however, had not been discredited: in 1941 when US President Franklin D. Roosevelt named the Allies the "United Nations", with the name being kept after after the Second World War's end as a peacekeeping organization comprised of the members of the military alliance. This was a significant time in human history, as it sparked growing tensions between the two superpowers of the time, the [[United States of America]] and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which would lead to the space race and the development of many advanced technologies as part of a technological arms race. Had humanity not endured the Cold War, it is likely that humanity would have been even less prepared for the interstellar age, and the inevitable wars that would follow. |
| In [[2075]], the United Nations created the Unified Earth Government, then as an international think tank tasked with solving the challenges of interplanetary expansion and governmental unification.{{Ref/Book|Id=h4evg|H4EVG|Page=229}} By [[2080]], human colonization of the Solar System was fully underway.{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=32}}
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| In the early years of humanity's interplanetary colonization, it was mainly commercial interests that propelled outward expansion into the Sol System, the colonization programs initiated by Earth's national governments themselves being far less ambitious and efficient. Free of the restrictions of international law, many corporations operating in the colonies—particularly those on [[Mars]]—conducted extensive research and development into bio- and [[nanotechnology|nanotechnologies]]. These efforts yielded many new technological advancements.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11p42|Enc11|Page=42}}
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| In [[2158]], members of the [[Frieden]]s attacked an embassy on [[Europa]] resulting in the group being labeled as terrorists by the United Nations.{{Ref/Book|Id=HMythosP47|HM|Section=Rise of Humanity|Page=47}}
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| ====Jovian Moons Campaign====
| | The UN began as an international organization that described itself as a "global association of governments facilitating co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity." It was founded officially on June 26, [[1945]] after the end of the Second World War at the signing of the United Nations Charter by 51 countries, replacing the previous "League of Nations." |
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| In March of 2160, the Frieden's led an assault against UN authority, attacking [[United Nations colonial advisers|UN Colonial Advisors]] on the moon [[Io]] and giving rise to political reactions on Earth. International UN military forces deployed to the Jovian system, engaging the fascist rebellion in three months of battle.{{Ref/Site|Id=xbox|URL=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm|Site=Xbox.com|Page=Halo Storyline|D=24|M=04|Y=2008|LocalArchive=Archive:Xbox.com/Halo/Timeline}}
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| The Jovian Moons Campaign heated tensions within faltering national governments of Earth, paving the way for wars-by-proxy between military corporations, national armies, and political renegades as governments that sponsored colonies in the Solar System responded to Frieden-UN ballistic exchanges and initiated military campaigns of their own, either for their own benefit, or for the benefit or their respective colonies. In a vicious chain reaction, politics on Earth took a downturn to arms mobilization.{{Ref/Reuse|xbox}} | | ===UN Government=== |
| | [[File:United_Nations.png|250px|left|thumb|The United Nations General Assembly hall]] |
| | By the time humanity began colonizing the other planets of the [[Sol system]] in the late 21st century, the nations of Earth were not yet united under a single government, though the United Nations held considerable power over humanity.<ref name="CH">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 37''</ref> In order to tackle the social, economical and technological challenges that accompanied space colonization, the UN created the [[Unified Earth Government]] in [[2075]]. Then a transnational assembly of brilliant minds and political figures, the UEG initially lacked actual power over Earth's nations.<ref name="ueg email">[[Halopedia:Letter - RE: Quick clarification - UEG]]</ref> |
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| | In the early years of humanity's interplanetary colonization, it was mainly commercial interests that propelled outward expansion into the Sol system, the colonization programs initiated by Earth's [[national government]]s themselves being far less ambitious and efficient. Free of the restrictions of international law, many corporations operating in the colonies—particularly those on [[Mars]]—conducted extensive research and development into bio- and [[nanotechnology|nanotechnologies]]. While these efforts yielded many new technological advancements,<ref name="enc42">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 42'' (2011)</ref> abuses by the corporations also generated major ethical concerns. To regulate the activities of the offworld corporate entities—particularly in the area of genetic technology—the UN extended the [[UN Genetic Rights Act]] to cover the colonies in [[2165]]. This piece of legislation would later serve as the basis for the latter [[UN Colonial Mortal Dictata|Mortal Dictata Act]].<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 101''</ref> |
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| Following a relatively blurry outcome in the Jovian Moons, Koslovic, Frieden and UN forces prepared for an engagement in [[South America]] in the year [[2162]], one of the most fertile and economically-promising regions of Earth. Presumably in an attempt to gain some material goods from industries in South America, the two military juntas assaulted each other and the UN troops scrambling to defend home territory, culminating in what is now symbolically known as the Rainforest Wars.{{Ref/Reuse|xbox}}
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| The conflict in South America resulted in an enormous amount of human casualties, especially in the lines of infantry on all three sides, due to difficult fighting conditions among the continent's numerous mountain ranges, rainforests, wildlife and volatile weather. Real consequences of the conflict, however, consisted of severe starvation and famine on an international scale - which is reason to believe the UN was no longer acting solely as a military defense force in the face of political extremists, but also as a primary provider of starvation relief - along with a further tensing of military conflicts already raging through the Solar System.{{Ref/Reuse|xbox}} | | The UN's attempts to maintain peace ultimately failed as various dissident factions arose in the colonies, resulting in several conflicts in the 2160s. These battles across Sol's offworld colonies culminated in the [[Interplanetary War]] of [[2164]] - [[2170]]. With an approach echoing the policies of the [[United States]] in the early 21st century,<ref name="enc42"/> the United Nations took charge of Earth's national governments as well as their disparate military forces, uniting them under the common banner of the [[United Nations Space Command]] in [[2163]].<ref name="enc42"/> Following the war in 2170, the United Nations formally established the Unified Earth Government as humanity's combined governing entity from then on, while the UNSC became a preeminent military body for Earth's "empire".<ref name="ueg email"/> |
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| ====Formation of the UNSC====
| | As far as the 26th century, the UN still existed in a similar fashion to how it was when created, although under ultimate control of the UEG, similar to the UNSC and the CAA. After the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the UNSC gained ultimate control of the UEG and its branches, including the UN, as humanity's [[emergency military]] government.<ref name="HSP"/> |
| [[2163|One year later]], the UN commissioned a military force primarily made up of naval and marine forces, referred to as the [[United Nations Space Command|United Nations Space Command (UNSC)]].{{Ref/Site|Id=waypunsc|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/unsc|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Factions|Page=UNSC|D=19|M=1|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/unsc.html}}
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| With an approach echoing the policies of the [[United States]] in the early 21st century, the United Nations took charge of Earth's national governments as well as their disparate military forces.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11p42}}
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| By [[2164]], UN-backed militaries began a pattern of massive buildups leading into the [[Interplanetary War]].<ref name="timeline">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx ''Official Halo Wars Community Site'' - Timeline] (defunct, [[Archive:Halowars.com/Timeline|Archive]])</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|xbox}} The UN enacted the [[UN Genetic Rights Act|Genetic Rights Act]] in [[2165]] in order to ensure the fulfillment of basic human rights in humanity's expanding domain. This piece of legislation would later serve as the basis for the latter [[UN Colonial Mortal Dictata|Mortal Dictata Act]].<ref>''Halo: Mortal Dictata'', p. 101</ref>
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| Following the war in 2170, the United Nations formally established the [[Unified Earth Government|Unified Earth Government (UEG)]] as humanity's combined governing entity from then on while the UNSC became a preeminent military body for Earth's "empire".<ref name="Waypoint UEG">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/ueg ''Halo Waypoint'', Universe, Factions, UEG]</ref> The UNSC from this point forward began working in direct conjunction with{{Ref/Reuse|waypunsc}} and to enforce the directives of the UEG.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/humans ''Halo Waypoint:'' Universe - Humans]</ref>
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| ===The 26th-century===
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| By the 26th century, the UN had become greatly diminished from its height in the mid-22nd century. Its function was relegated to overseeing administrative tasks on Earth, essentially a role similar to that for which it was originally created, with supreme power over the human race at large at the hands of the UEG.{{Ref/Reuse|CatalogUN}} After the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the UNSC gained ultimate control of the UEG and its branches, including the UN, as humanity's emergency military government.{{Ref/Reuse|HSP}} The UNSC returned power back to the civilian government on [[2553|January 8, 2553]].<ref name="CatalogUEG">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969317_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969317 ''Halo Waypoint'': Catalog Interaction (Query Answer: Human records indicate transition to noncombatant administrative control <nowiki>[ref: UEG] [January 8, 2553]. No notable adjustment in military [bureaucratic tactical]</nowiki> behavior and scope of authority.)]</ref>
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| ==Government and politics==
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| *[[United Nations Colonial Advisors]]
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| *[[United Nations Humanitarian Council]]
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| ==Military==
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| Originally commissioned for the UN, the [[United Nations Space Command]] was primarily a naval and marine based organization.{{Ref/Reuse|waypunsc}}
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}}
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| [[Category:Interplanetary War]] | | [[Category:Interplanetary War]] |
