General Assembly Resolution 38/7
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General Assembly Resolution 38/7 (click here to view), passed on November 2, 1983, was the United Nation's response to America's military intervention in Grenada. As international opinions particularly deplored Operation Urgent Fury, the resolution reiterated Article 2, paragraph 4 of the Charter of the United Nations, stating that "all Member states are obliged to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the principles of the Charter." This further contributed to the arguments of those governments who openly protested the invasion.
This resolution would go on to make future world leaders question whether or not they were justified in intervening in the political and social affairs of foreign, independent states. A modern example of this is American involvement in the African nation of Libya as it undergoes turmoil and distress sparked by its own revolution. While the 1983 invasion of Grenada is not held in the same prominence as other Cold War events, such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Vietnam War, the effects of Operation Urgent Fury are everlasting and have shaped foreign policy in ways that most during the era wouldn't have ever anticipated.