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  1. 5. Country that has made the strongest requests for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council other than Brazil, India and Japan.
  2. 8. The deliberate and organised massacre of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnicity, race or religion. Occurred in Cambodia (1975 - 1978), Rwanda (1994 - 1996) and Germany (1933 - 1945).
  3. 9. Russian inaction that allowed the UN Security Council to successfully pass the resolution in 1950 that condemned North Korea and called for the deployment of armed forces by member states to aid South Korea.
  4. 12. Non-military tool used to used to coerce a nation into agreeing to an international agreement of conduct. One instance was Resolution 661, passed by the UN Security Council in 1990 in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, which forbade the import of all products and commodities originating in Iraq or Kuwait, among other stipulations.
  5. 15. System whereby there is a legal obligation among member nations of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security. The community acts together with the interest of moving promptly and decisively to encounter acts of aggression by one nation against another.
  6. 19. Location in Britain where the first UN Security Council session took place on 17 January 1946.
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  1. 1. Conflict region in Sudan where the killings of thousands of civilians by the Janjaweed militias took place in 2003. Action taken by the UN Security Council was weak and ineffective, leading to at least half a million civilian deaths in Sudan.
  2. 2. Crisis where UN was almost brought to bankruptcy due to the refusal of the USSR, France and Belgium to contribute towards the cost of operations, also where Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary General of the UN was killed in a plane crash en route to cease-fire negotiations. (Country)
  3. 3. Country that was divided by the UN in 1947 to set up the Jewish state of Israel, which led to a series of wars between Israel and various Arab states.
  4. 4. Number of members in the Security Council.
  5. 6. Permanent member of the UN Security Council that has used its veto power the greatest number of times.
  6. 7. Privilege held by the the permanent members of the UN Security Council: “Decisions of the Security Council on all other matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members including the concurring votes of the permanent members.”
  7. 10. Number of months before the post of President of the UN Security Council, that is held by a representative from member state at the point in time, is assigned to the representative from the next member state.
  8. 11. Granted permanent membership into the Security Council in 1971.
  9. 12. Installation in Egypt that, in 1956, was nationalised by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the President of Egypt. This was done in spite of Britain and France’s possession of majority of the shares of the installation, which led to an invasion of Egypt by Britain, France and Israel.
  10. 13. Event that repeatedly placed the UN Security Council in deadlock due to the high political tension and suspicion among two permanent members of the Security Council.
  11. 14. Significance of the date 15 January 1991 - part of the UN Security Council Resolution 678, in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
  12. 16. UN peacekeeping force sent to Rwanda in 1993 to enforce a ceasefire. Initially comprised of 2500 troops, which were slowly pulled out as the conflict between the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) and the official Rwandan Army escalated.
  13. 17. Country where military forces were deployed to by the USA and Britain to 2003 without approval from the Security Council.
  14. 18. Arguably the only occasion on which the UN was able to take decisive action in a crisis directly involving the interests of one of the superpowers. (Country)