Sometime in the past, the nation of 01 had sent two ambassadors to the United Nations in order to become a member state and negotiate peace between Humans and the Machines following an internaitonal military blockade around the nation and economic sanctions on 01 inresponsee to the rising power of the machine economy and the waning powers of the humans. It instead ended in disaster and soon led to the beginning of the Machine War. It is assumed that the UNSC was a leading force during the conflict.