United Nations

Lore & Background

The United Nations initially formed the Global Defense Initiative as a multinational peacekeeping force in the aftermath of an alternate version of World War II. By the beginning of the game, Tiberium has spread across the planet, with Nod forces gaining control of nearly half of the rapidly growing substance through footholds in some of the poorest nations. This wealth has enabled Nod forces to conduct increasingly ambitious terrorist attacks in wealthy countries. The UN repurposed GDI as a global anti-terrorist organization, making its new goal the elimination of Nod across the globe. The conflict between the two sides eventually culminates in a world-wide war between GDI and Nod. During the GDI campaign, the UN calls for GDI to assist in combating Nod in Europe. The player assists as a GDI commander under General Mark Jamison Sheppard. After establishing a beachhead within Nod's territory in Eastern Europe, GDI focuses on controlling Poland and Belarus and removing troops from occupied lands in Germany. However, Kane uses media manipulation to convince the world that GDI deliberately attacked and massacred the citizens of the Polish city of Białystok. Although Sheppard denies GDI's involvement, the UN cuts funding to the military outfit, forcing GDI to mount defensive operations against a sudden surge of Nod attacks. It is later revealed that the funding cut was a ruse designed by Sheppard and the UN to lure Nod into a false sense of security, with new funding allowing GDI to bring forth new combat units.

In Their Own Story

The UN called for GDI to assist in combating Nod in Europe. General Mark Jamison Sheppard commanded the GDI forces, establishing a beachhead within Nod's territory in Eastern Europe. GDI focused on controlling Poland and Belarus and removing troops from occupied lands in Germany. Kane used media manipulation to convince the world that GDI deliberately attacked and massacred the citizens of the Polish city of Białystok. Although Sheppard denied GDI's involvement, the UN cut funding to the military outfit, forcing GDI to mount defensive operations. It was later revealed that the funding cut was a ruse designed by Sheppard and the UN to lure Nod into a false sense of security, with new funding allowing GDI to bring forth new combat units. Eventually GDI located Kane's main base of operation at a complex called the Temple of Nod in Sarajevo, Bosnia, with Sheppard ordering the commander to launch a final assault to defeat him. GDI succeeded, with the complex destroyed by GDI's superweapon, the space-based Ion Cannon, ending the conflict.

Reader's Guide

The United Nations operated through the Global Defense Initiative, a multinational peacekeeping force. During the First Tiberium War, the UN called for GDI to assist in combating Nod in Europe. The player operates as a GDI commander under General Mark Jamison Sheppard. The UN's involvement included providing funding for GDI operations, though this funding was temporarily cut as part of a ruse to lure Nod into a false sense of security. The UN's ultimate goal was the elimination of Nod across the globe, culminating in the assault on the Temple of Nod in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Did You Know?

• The United Nations formed the Global Defense Initiative as a multinational peacekeeping force in the aftermath of an alternate version of World War II.
• During the GDI campaign, the UN cut funding to GDI as part of a ruse designed by General Sheppard and the UN to lure Nod into a false sense of security.
• The UN called for GDI to assist in combating Nod in Europe, with operations focused on controlling Poland and Belarus and removing troops from occupied lands in Germany.
• Kane used media manipulation to convince the world that GDI deliberately attacked and massacred the citizens of the Polish city of Białystok.
• The conflict between the UN-backed GDI and Nod culminated in the destruction of the Temple of Nod in Sarajevo, Bosnia by GDI's space-based Ion Cannon.