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- 9. The UK contributes 6.7% of the Security Council’s peace keeping budget, a key role for it to maintain an image as a globally important power. Its 1st involvement in a UN military operation was in --- during the 1950-53 war there.
- 11. The UN has a much wider remit than just military conflicts: it also provides --- in cases of famine and natural disasters.
- 12. the _____ is the fifth largest financal contributer to the UN in 2015 giving 6.7 percent of the peace keeping budget
- 13. the UN seeks to end ___ by 2030
- 15. The UN is the 2nd attempt at a global organisation with the primary aim of maintaining global peace. The 1919 Treaty of --- established the League of Nations (1920-46, though effectively powerless by the 1930s) with the support of US President Woodrow Wilson. The UN’s longer existence suggests greater success!
- 17. intervention --- --- This can help stability of a country; however, it could also make it worse. For example, Libya which had its leader Colonel toppled of power however Libya is still a war ridden country today.
- 18. The ---- senior military authority in NATO and oldest permanent body
- 21. NATO was created for three reasons: to prevent ____ expansion, stop revival of nationalist militarism in Europe and promote closer ties between European nations
- 22. It’s a fundamentalist Islamic movement that wishes to create an Islamic state in the Middle east. Still an ongoing terrorist group, still carry on and carry out terrorist attacks. The UN has sent attack against the terrorist group many times, but they are still active.
- 24. Widely regarded as a ‘failed state’, notorious for the pirates operating at sea, the UN peacekeeping operation in ---, established in 1991 but ended in 1995, is regarded as an historic failure by the UN. US troops were sent in in 1992 leading to images of their bodies being paraded through Mogadishu.
- 25. in contrast to epic failures like Rwanda, the UN Security Council has proven effective in some cases of conflict resolution, notably in --- ---. They employed multiple strategies including mediation, sanctions and deploying armed peacekeeping forces, and helped to maintain the peace by training army, police and government officials, building infrastructure and establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Committee.
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- 1. Following the terrorist attack on September the eleventh in Manhattan of the World trade centre. US persuaded NATO to send a military force in a country located in central of Asia. Which was and now is still run by an Islamic Fundamentalist group.
- 2. Many campaigners argue the UN needs to do more to promote debt relief for LEDCs who face ongoing huge repayments of old loans to Western creditors, but the UN does include encouraging global social and economic --- among its primary goals and promotes the cause of debt relief as a part of this.
- 3. the --- --- was set up as a part of the legislation which brought in the GFA in 1998. Its duty is to make sure that public bodies promote equal opportunities for everyone to make sure that those who fall into one of the nine protected characteristics are not discriminated against.
- 4. The UN has organised nearly $2bn in relief funding for --- after the 2010 earthquake there, and in August 2021 launched an appeal for a new $188m round of funding after another natural disaster.
- 5. The use of peacekeeping missions has grown substantially over the last 20+ years, though the UN preference would always be for ---, bringing together factions to end or prevent conflict.
- 6. The 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council each have --- powers over any proposal.
- 7. someone who put in an application for protection on the basis of the Refugee Convention or Article 3 of the ECHR
- 8. in the --- --- there are five permanent members and fifteen members in total. These five members are China, France, Russia, UK and the USA – once a decision has been taken all member states are obliged to comply with it.
- 10. An organisation set up after WW1 failed tremendously. It was founded in order to prevent another World War to happen.
- 14. The UN prefers to use --- before armed force, though often this takes place ‘post-conflict’. They employed this approach effectively in both Sri Lanka and the Sudan.
- 16. The interdependence of nations is seen with the example of Liberia and Sierra Leone. UN --- against Liberia largely halted the arms and diamond trade there, and helped to undercut funding that was maintaining the Sierra Leone conflict.
- 19. sanctions committee supervise ____ regimes across the globe
- 20. --- is a method to try and maintain peace and end conflict, examples of this can be found in places such as Shri Lanka and Sudan where --- helped deal with difficult issues regarding land and natural resource management. Sudan has problems with forest and range information management problems.
- 23. --- was founded on 4 April 1949, Washington DC and was created for the primary existence to deter Soviet expansion, to counter the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe and to encourage European political integrations.
- 26. The --- Commission for Northern Ireland, along with the NIHRC (Human Rights Commission) both have UN status. The 1998 Northern Ireland Act established both organisations, following the Good Friday Agreement plus the Human Rights Act (both also 1998).