UN Security Council Resolutions on Weapons and Ammunition Management, 2003 Onwards

Paragraphs from UN Security Council resolutions adopted since 2003 that contain language related to Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM). Each row is a single paragraph classified by resolution type and thematic category, including Arms Embargoes and Disarmament. The dataset is provided by the United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in UN Security Council focus on weapons management based on yearly paragraph counts.
• Study the thematic framing of disarmament issues based on paragraph classification categories.
• Track the application of international norms and instruments based on the relevant classification category.
• Compare language across country-specific, regional, and thematic resolutions based on the resolution type dimension.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from official UN Security Council resolutions, providing authoritative text.
• Paragraphs are classified along two dimensions: resolution type and six thematic categories.
• Includes additional metadata fields such as year of adoption, agenda item, and document symbol.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub

Collection Method

Extraction and classification of paragraphs from UN Security Council resolutions.

Time Range

2003 onwards

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 10:25:39.668310; freshness should be verified.