The Security Comission's power was also enhanced with
Operations Group Echo: Black Ops 9 (OGE:BO 9), created after the Second World War. OGE:BO 9, a covert special operations group, allowed the Commission to enforce it's resolutions. However, OGE:BO 9's existence was revealed during the Persian Gulf War. To save face, and counter the increasing power of the Brotherhood of Nod and Tiberium, the Comission worked with the
G7 nations to create the United Nations Global Defense Act, forming the
Global Defense Initiative. GDI remained theoretically under the review of the Security Comission. However, GDI proved alarming able to operate without UN's control and support as early as the first Tiberium War. It was then in face of Bialystok scandal the UN renounced it's support of GDI and the UN's
Ways and Means Committee cut UN funding for GDI, the latter not only did not ceased to exist, but even continued their war effort and gained ground in Europe.