UN Security Council confrontation during Cuban Missile Crisis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/UN_Security_Council_confrontation_during_Cuban_Missile_Crisis
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:date October 1962
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UN Security Council confrontation during Cuban Missile Crisis
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Nations_Headquarters
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive global media attention
gptkbp:notableEvent Adlai Stevenson confronts Valerian Zorin
Presentation of U-2 spy plane photographs
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Adlai_Stevenson
gptkb:Valerian_Zorin
gptkbp:notableQuote "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" (Adlai Stevenson)
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:UN_Security_Council_members
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
gptkbp:purpose Addressing the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:UN_Security_Council_meeting_records_S/PV.1021
Nuclear weapons
US-Soviet relations
gptkbp:result Increased international pressure on Soviet Union
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Adlai_Stevenson_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5