1962 17th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stevenson urged consideration of a diplomatic settlement alongside military pressure.
Cold War · October 1962 · permanent subject timeline
Adlai Stevenson at the United Nations
The U.S. representative who publicly challenged the Soviet Union over the Cuban missiles. This page combines historical context with 7 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database Cuban Missile Crisis archive.
Historical context
Adlai Stevenson at the United Nations: overview and significance
What happened?
Adlai Stevenson represented the United States at the United Nations and used the Security Council to challenge Soviet denials and present aerial photographic evidence.
Why was it important?
Stevenson's presentation became one of the crisis's defining diplomatic moments because it turned secret intelligence into a public international case.
World History Database records
Adlai Stevenson at the United Nations timeline
The records below are selected from the 195-record Cuban Missile Crisis archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1962
1962 18th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stevenson proposed exploring a negotiated settlement that could remove the Soviet missiles while avoiding a direct military confrontation.
1962 22nd October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stevenson prepared the United States diplomatic case for presentation before the United Nations Security Council.
1962 23rd October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stevenson defended the quarantine before the Security Council and challenged Soviet claims about the nature of the Cuban deployment.
1962 25th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stevenson confronted Valerian Zorin at the Security Council and presented reconnaissance photographs demonstrating Soviet missile installations.
1962 26th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stevenson worked with U Thant on proposals intended to reduce the risk of a naval or military clash.
1962 29th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stevenson continued United Nations negotiations concerning verification, withdrawal, and arrangements for ending the quarantine.
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Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database Cuban Missile Crisis records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
FRUS: Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath · JFK Library · U.S. National Archives
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