UN Peacekeeping Missions and Resolutions

Flashcards about UN Peacekeeping and Resolutions History

What was the UN's first peacekeeping force, deployed for the Palestine crisis of 1947?

The UN Truce Supervision Organisation

What years was the Palestinian crisis

1947-49

How many Jewish holocaust survivors did Truman ask Britain to settle into Palestine in 1947?

100’000

What year did the British leave from Palestine

1948

How was land divided in the partition of Palestine

• Despite the Jewish population being less than half of the Arab one, the land was split 55% to 45% for Israel.

• Israel got the resource-rich areas, and the Arab land was separated, making it difficult to run.

• Jerusalem would be an international city

How many Palestinian Arabs were made refugees from the first Arab-Israeli war

750’000

What peacekeeping group was sent out to aid Palestinian refugees of the first Arab-israeli war?

UN Relief for Palestine Refugees (UNRPR)

When was the UN declaration of Human Rights created

1948

Between what years was the Congo crisis

1960-62

What was the rebellious region during the Congo crisis, lead by who

Katanga led by Tschombe

What year was Lumumba assassinated

1961

What year was operation Rumpunch

1961

What was the resolution the US passed to work around the soviet veto during the Korean war

The ‘Uniting for Peace’ resolution

During what years was the Korean war

1950-53

What year was the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) formed

1964

What year and month was the six-day war

June 1967

What year was the Yom Kippur war

1973

Who negotiated the Disengagement agreements after the Yom Kippur war

US secretary of state Henry Kissinger

Which peacekeeping unit was created to monitor the disengagement after the Yom Kippur War?

The United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEF II)

How many Arab forces aircraft did Israel destroy in the air attack that started the 6-day war

400

Between what years was the civil war in Lebanon

1975-85

What year did the Syrian army invade Lebanon

1976

How many troops did the Arab league send into Lebanon

30’000

What year did Israel invade Lebanon

1978

What christian militia did Israel leave control of south Lebanon to

The South Lebanese Army (SLA)

What peacekeeping mission was created in 1978 to confirm Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon?

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

What year did Israel invade Lebanon for the second time

1982

What year did Israel withdraw from Lebanon after the second invasion

1985

What year did the multinational task force withdraw from Lebanon

1984

What Namibian group did the UN recognise as the legitimate representative of the Namibian people

The South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO)

What caused SWAPO to start using violence to achieve its aims and in what year

When South Africa refused the UN’s demand to withdraw from Namibia in 1966

What South African group fought against SWAPO in Namibia

The South African Defence Force (SADF)

What year did South Africa agree to a ceasefire with SWAPO and to let Namibia become independent

1988

What peacekeeping force was created to oversee Namibia's independence.

The UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)

What operation, carried put by what peacekeeping force, did the UN carry out in Congo to remove foreign troops

Operation Rumpunch, as part of ONUC (United Nations Operation in the Congo)

Which force was established to monitor the Iraq-Kuwait border after the First Gulf War?

United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)

Which mission helped administer and stabilize Kosovo after the 1999 NATO intervention?

UNMIK – United Nations Mission in Kosovo

What mission supported elections and peace after Mozambique's civil war?

ONUMOZ – United Nations Operation in Mozambique

What resolution called for the return of Palestinian refugees after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war?

Resolution 194

What resolution called for Israeli withdrawal after the Six-Day War?

Resolution 242

What resolution established UNEF II after the Yom Kippur War?

Resolution 340

What resolution demanded Israel’s withdrawal after the Lebanon crisis

Resolution 425

What resolution established UNIFIL after the Lebanon conflict?

Resolution 426

What resolution authorized force against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait?

Resolution 678

What resolution acknowledged US-UK occupation of Iraq and created UNAMI after the second Gulf war?

Resolution 1483

How many troops were involved in ONUC (UN Congo operation)?

20,000 UN personnel

What was the turnout for Namibia's independence elections?

97%

How many Arab casualties and Israeli deaths were there in the Six-Day War (1967)?

Around 20,000 Arab

780 Israeli

How many Palestinian men and boys were executed in the Srebrenica massacre?

7,000

Who was the North Korean dictator during the Korean War?

Kim Il-sung

Who led Yugoslavia and opposed its breakup in the 1990s?

Slobodan Milošević

Who was the UN mediator killed during the 1948 Palestine ceasefire talks?

Count Bernadotte

Who led the US troops during the Korean War?

General Douglas MacArthur

Who was president of Congo during the 1960 crisis?

Lumumba

Who was vice-president of Congo during the 1960 crisis?

Kasavubu

Who was the French president at the time of the creation of the League

Clemenceau

What years was the first gulf war

1990-91

What was the name of the operation was launched against Iraq in the first Gulf war

Operation ‘desert storm’

What group was set up to monitor the Iraq-Kuwait border

The UN Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM)

How many children were estimated to die because of the sanctions placed on Iraq after it tried to interfere with weapons inspections

500’000

What year was the second Gulf war

2003

Who was the Iraqi dictator in the Gulf wars

Saddam Hussein

What peacekeeping group was set up to help rebuild Iraq after the second Gulf war

The UN Assistance Mission (UNAMI)

What SC members had Vetoed an invasion of Iraq

The USSR and France

What peacekeeping force was created to support the ceasefire negotiated by the EU between Serbia and Croatia

The UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR)

What year did Serbia invade Croatia

1991

When did Croatia restart attacking Croatia

1995

What peace agreements ended the Serb-Croatian and Serb-Bosnian wars in the 90’s

The Dayton Peace agreements

What years was the Bosnian crisis

1992-95

By the end of 1992, how much of Bosnia was under Serbian control?

70%

What peacekeeping force did the UN organise for Bosnia

UN Protective Force (UNPROFOR)

How many peacekeepers did Serbia take hostage in retaliation to the UN allowing NATO to shoot down Serb airplanes in no-fly zones

400

What Bosnian city suffered a Massacre in 1995

Srebrenica

What happened in the Srebrenica massacre

Bosnian Serbs executed 7,000 men and boys and raped many women and children.

How was Bosnia divided between ethnicities after the war

1 half Croats and Muslims the other half Bosnian Serbs

What tribunal did the UN create after the Bosnian War

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

What resistance group carried out attacks on Serbian targets in Kosovo

The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).

What year did Kosovo rebel against Serb rule

1998

What year did NATO intervene in Kosovo

1999

What peacekeeping force helped Kosovo recover after the war

The UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)

What was created in response to the UN’s failure to protect ethnic communities particularly in the Balkans, and in what year

The “Responsibility to Protect Act” in 2005

When did the civil war in Somalia begin?

1991

What year did the UN secure a ceasefire in Somalia

1992

What peacekeeping force was created in Somalia to monitor the ceasefire

The UN Operations in Somalia (ONUSOM)

How many peacekeepers were initially sent to Somalia in ONUSOM

500

What peacekeeping force did the UN send to secure the safe transport of humanitarian aid to Somalia

A Unified Task force. (UNITAF)

What year was UNOSOM II sent

1993

What year did the US withdraw its troops from Somalia

1994

What year dod the SC withdraw all peacekeepers from Somalia

1995

What year did Mozambique sign a peace agreement to end the civil war and request a UN peacekeeping force

1992

What force did the UN send to support Mozambique

The UN Mission for Mozambique (ONUMOZ)

Who was appointed as the special representative for UNOMOZ

Ajello

What year did the UN withdraw from Mozambique

1995

What year was a truce signed between North and South Sudan

2005

What UN mission was sent to South Sudan after the truce?

UNMIS – United Nations Mission in Sudan.

When did the conflict in Darfur begin?

2003

What militia group was the Sudanese government allied with

The Janjaweed militia

What joint mission did the UN and AU send to Darfur and in what year

The UN & African Union Mission in Sudan (UNAMID) 2008

How many peacekeepers did UNAMID send to Sudan

18’000

What year did the civil war between north and South Sudan end and the government signed peace agreements with Darfur rebel groups

2011