United Nations Security Council Resolution 2240
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2240 is a 2015 UN measure authorizing international efforts, including naval operations, to combat migrant smuggling and human trafficking in the Mediterranean Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United Nations Security Council Resolution 2240 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8729835 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2240 Context triple: [EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia, legalBasis, United Nations Security Council Resolution 2240]
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UN Security Council resolution 2242
UN Security Council resolution 2242 is a 2015 United Nations measure that strengthens and advances the Women, Peace and Security agenda by promoting women’s participation and gender perspectives in peace and security efforts.
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B.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2259
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2259 is a 2015 UN measure that endorsed the Libyan Political Agreement and recognized the Government of National Accord as the legitimate authority in Libya.
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C.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2147
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2147 is a 2014 measure that renewed and adjusted the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the intervention brigade authorized to conduct offensive operations against armed groups.
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D.
UN Security Council Resolution 2253
UN Security Council Resolution 2253 is a 2015 United Nations measure that strengthened and expanded sanctions targeting ISIS (Daesh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals and entities to combat terrorism financing and support.
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E.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2085
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2085 is a 2012 UN measure that authorized the deployment of an African-led international military mission to stabilize Mali amid its political and security crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2240 Target entity description: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2240 is a 2015 UN measure authorizing international efforts, including naval operations, to combat migrant smuggling and human trafficking in the Mediterranean Sea.
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A.
UN Security Council resolution 2242
UN Security Council resolution 2242 is a 2015 United Nations measure that strengthens and advances the Women, Peace and Security agenda by promoting women’s participation and gender perspectives in peace and security efforts.
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B.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2259
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2259 is a 2015 UN measure that endorsed the Libyan Political Agreement and recognized the Government of National Accord as the legitimate authority in Libya.
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C.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2147
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2147 is a 2014 measure that renewed and adjusted the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the intervention brigade authorized to conduct offensive operations against armed groups.
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D.
UN Security Council Resolution 2253
UN Security Council Resolution 2253 is a 2015 United Nations measure that strengthened and expanded sanctions targeting ISIS (Daesh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals and entities to combat terrorism financing and support.
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E.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2085
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2085 is a 2012 UN measure that authorized the deployment of an African-led international military mission to stabilize Mali amid its political and security crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UN Security Council resolution on migration
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United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ |
| actingUnderChapter | Chapter VII ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | United Nations Security Council ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 2015-10-09 ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
combat human trafficking in the Mediterranean Sea
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combat migrant smuggling in the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ disrupt human smuggling networks ⓘ save lives of migrants at sea ⓘ |
| authorizes |
disposal of vessels used for migrant smuggling
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inspection of vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya ⓘ naval operations against migrant smuggling networks ⓘ seizure of vessels used for migrant smuggling ⓘ |
| callsUpon |
Member States to cooperate in combating migrant smuggling
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Member States to share information on migrant smuggling ⓘ States to investigate and prosecute smugglers ⓘ flag States to cooperate with inspections ⓘ |
| chapterOfUNCharterInvoked | Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ |
| documentCode | S/RES/2240(2015) ⓘ |
| expressesConcern |
exploitation of migrants by smugglers
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loss of life at sea ⓘ |
| followedBy | United Nations Security Council Resolution 2312 ⓘ |
| geographicalScope |
central Mediterranean Sea
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high seas off the coast of Libya ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
United Nations Charter
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linked to:
Charter of the United Nations
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| meetingNumber | 7531 ⓘ |
| notes | increased number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Libya
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linked to:
United Nations Security Council resolutions
United Nations Security Council resolutions on migration and refugees ⓘ |
| reaffirms |
obligation of non-refoulement
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obligation to respect human rights of migrants ⓘ sovereignty of Libya ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
European migrant crisis
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Libyan civil conflict ⓘ |
| resolutionNumber | 2240 ⓘ |
| subject |
Libya
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Mediterranean Sea ⓘ human trafficking ⓘ migrant smuggling ⓘ |
| timeLimitation | initially authorized operations for one year ⓘ |
| year | 2015 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2240 Description of subject: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2240 is a 2015 UN measure authorizing international efforts, including naval operations, to combat migrant smuggling and human trafficking in the Mediterranean Sea.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.