11.- 60 years of UN Peacekeeping
Watch the following video about the history of UN peacekeeping and answer the following questions.
- Who were the first peacekeepers and what did they do?
- Which nations were involved in the Suez Canal crisis?
- Who proposed the blue helmets as an international armed force?
- What are the three principles that guide peacekeeping operations?
- What prevented the UN from taking its full proper role as a peacekeeping organization?
- Where were some of the biggest failures of the blue helmets?
- Mention two examples of places were only the UN would have operated (and did)
- What lessons were learned from the mistakes of the past?
- What other areas of UN action are linked to the blue helmets? (mention at least 5)
- How do women play a key role in peacekeeping operations?
- How much do these missions cost?
- What values are required by the blue helmets?
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ResponderEliminarAlex ''Warrior of the Cosmos'' Ahumada, *Valle*
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.-Who were the first peacekeepers and what did they do?
-UN miliary observes, they monotired and surpevised conflicts...
.-Which nations were involved in the Suez Canal crisis?
-France, Britain and Israel.
.-Who proposed the blue helmets as an international armed force?
-The Canada's Minister.
.-What are the three principles that guide peacekeeping operations?
1.-That he parties in conflict be ready to accept the pressence of UN peacekeepers to help them resolve the differences.
2.-A cease fire must be in place.
3.-Peacekeepers will not use force except in self-defense.
.-What prevented the UN from taking its full proper role as a peacekeeping organization?
-The Cold War
.-Where were some of the biggest failures of the blue helmets?
-The break-up of Ygoslavia, the genociede of Rwanda and difficulties in Somalia.
.-Mention two examples of places were only the UN would have operated (and did)
-El Salvador & Cambodia.
.-What lessons were learned from the mistakes of the past?
-''The only they can do is to try not to rise expectations too high.''
.-What other areas of UN action are linked to the blue helmets? (mention at least 5)
-Humanitarian aid, monitoring of human rights, disarming, building national institusions and training the police.
.-How do women play a key role in peacekeeping operations?
-The womens are strong to empower mission where the womens are even more victimised than the men.
.-How much do these missions cost?
-Half of 1% of thw militar spending...
.-What values are required by the blue helmets?
-Deal with people of different cultures, resistence and the believe that working together they can make a better world.
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