Uniting for Peace resolution was adopted on:

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The correct option is 1: November 3, 1950.

The "Uniting for Peace" resolution, formally known as UN General Assembly Resolution 377 (V), was adopted by the UN General Assembly on November 3, 1950, during the height of the Korean War. This resolution was a critical procedural move aimed at circumventing the deadlock caused by the Soviet Union's frequent use of its veto power in the Security Council. It stipulates that if the Security Council, due to a lack of unanimity among its five permanent members (the veto), fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the General Assembly shall immediately consider the matter. By invoking this resolution, the General Assembly can issue recommendations to members for collective measures, including the use of armed force, to maintain or restore peace. This mechanism empowers the broader membership of the UN to act when the main security body is paralyzed, thereby preserving the UN’s mandate for collective security.

The incorrect option is 2: March 12, 1947.
This date is historically significant but is not related to the "Uniting for Peace" resolution. March 12, 1947, is famously recognized as the date when U.S. President Harry S. Truman announced the **Truman Doctrine** before a joint session of Congress. This doctrine committed the United States to providing political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces, explicitly referring to Greece and Turkey at the time. This announcement is widely considered a key starting point of the Cold War and the American policy of containment against the Soviet Union. Therefore, while it is a crucial date in international relations, it precedes and addresses a different aspect of Cold War tension than the operational capacity of the UN.

The incorrect option is 3: December 26, 1991.
This date falls outside the historical context of the "Uniting for Peace" resolution by four decades. December 26, 1991, marks the final and formal **dissolution of the Soviet Union**, following the declaration of the Supreme Soviet. This monumental event effectively signaled the end of the Cold War and the formal termination of the bi-polar world order that had dominated global politics since World War II. The "Uniting for Peace" resolution, conversely, was adopted as a procedural weapon to deal with the initial paralysis of the UN Security Council *during* the Cold War. The end of the Soviet Union drastically changed the global political landscape but had no direct bearing on the adoption date of this 1950 resolution.

The incorrect option is 4: April 4, 1949.
This date is important for the establishment of a major international military alliance, not a UN resolution. April 4, 1949, is the date the **North Atlantic Treaty** was signed in Washington D.C., leading to the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO was formed by twelve founding members, including the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations, as a collective defence system against the Soviet Union's perceived threat. Thus, this date is linked to the formal military division of Europe at the start of the Cold War, a distinct and separate event from the UN General Assembly's attempt to reform its internal security mechanism the following year.