P1 UN Case Studies
Category: Other
Updated: 15 Sep 2019
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Created byCHEAH CHIEN TZE Year_14
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UN FormedKashmir:
Peace observation
Underlying issues unresolvedFirst Arab-Israeli Conflict:
Monitor ceasefire
Isolated disputeUniting for Peace Resolution:
Western domination
GA power to circumvent SC deadlockKorean War:
USSR absenceVietnam War:
US vetoed USSR interferenceSuez Crisis:
British, French vs US, USSR
Superpower conflict
Uniting for Peace usedHungary:
USSR vetoed US interferenceCongo:
US supported Kasavudu
USSR supported Lumumba
Primarily a decolonisation conflict
UN use of force against Tshombe's KatangaCyprus:
Temporary peace; long-term failure
1974 Turkish re-invasionIndia-Pakistan:
Peace observation
Underlying issues unresolvedCzechoslovakia:
USSR vetoed US actionCambodia:
Extended mandate of UN
Acted as government; civilian elections
End of CW, Vietnamese withdrawalYom Kippur War:
US supported Israel
USSR supported Syria
Superpower conflictLebanon:
1982 US-backed re-invasion
Superpower influenceSoviet-Afghan:
GA Third-World condemnation
Only withdrew due to Gorbachev
Superpower influenceUNCLOS III:
12mile territory
200mile EEZNicaragua:
US supported Contra rebels
Argued political, not legal
Withdrew from compulsory compliance
Resolved by rise of friendly Nicaraguan governmentGorbachev rises to powerKassebaum-Solomon Agreement:
US given greater voting rights in GAPan Am Flight 73:
Libya accusedPan Am Flight 103Cold War Ends:
Rise of regional organisationsGulf War:
US interestsYugoslavia:
UN use of forceAgenda for Peace:
Introduction of PeacebuildingBosnia:
1993 NATO enforcement of safe areas
1994 NATO threats of airstrikes
1995 NATO bombed Bosnian SerbsSomalia:
US withdrawal (Black Hawk Down)
Belgian, Dutch attempts to maintain UN missionHaiti:
US interests
Friendly Haitian government
Extended UN mandate to reinstate democracy, create police forceRwanda:
French arms sales to Hutu government
6 months for forces to arrive
US reluctance to spend moneyKosovo:
1999 NATO bombed Serbs
Deemed illegal by Russia, China
US bypass UNSierra Leone:
Extended UN mandate
UN set up elections
Use of regional ECOMOG as military forceEast Timor:
Extended UN mandate
Executive, Legislative, Judicial controlPeriods
Western DominationExpansion, Polarisation, DisillusionmentHoneymoonDisillusionment
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