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  1. 4. / 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. 5. / 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.”
  3. 7. / 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.
  4. 8. / 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)
  5. 12. / 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. 15. / Location in Britain where the first Security Council session took place on 17 January 1946.
  7. 16. / 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. 17. / Country where military forces were deployed by the USA and Britain without approval from the Security Council.
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  1. 1. / Granted permanent membership into the Security Council in 1971.
  2. 2. / Country that has made the strongest requests for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council other than Brazil, India and Japan.
  3. 3. / 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).
  4. 6. / 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.
  5. 9. / Permanent member of the UN Security Council that has used its veto power the greatest number of times.
  6. 10. / Russian inaction that allowed the UN Security Council to pass the resolution in 1950 that condemned North Korea and called for the deployment of armed forces by member states to aid South Korea.
  7. 11. / Number of members in the Security Council.
  8. 13. / 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.
  9. 14. / 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)