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| What did G.H.W. Bush tell joint congress was "at hand"? |
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| What are the 3 times Utopia Enthusiasm was stirred? |
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| WWII, Concert of Europe, and WWI in the league of nations. |
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| What is the author-Dore Gold's thesis about the UN? |
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| The UN is unable to handle world order because of it's flaws which have been there since the beginning but were brought into focus in the 90's. |
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| Which other president critiqued the UN? What were the UN's obj. goals? |
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| The son George W. Bush. Goals were to combat aggressors and protect human rights. |
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| According to Gold when was the UN created? |
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| In a moment of moral clarity. |
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| How many Coucil resolutions did Saddam Hussein violate? |
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| According to Gold what is the UN's main defect? |
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| Their refusal to make moral judgments |
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| What were some of the UN's failures? (countries) |
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| Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedeonia. |
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| What were some of the failures under Kofi Annan's watch? |
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| Massacres in Rwanda and Bosnia. |
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| Who criticized Kofi Annan and what was said about his actions? |
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| David Rieff, he said Annan's sanitized diplomacy didnt have any aggressors only warring parties. |
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| Who did former Secretary Gen. Javier Perez de Cuellar say was part of the peace process? |
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Definition
| The Khmer Rouge-- in their genocide attempt. |
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| What is diplomatic neutrality in terms of the UN? |
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| It is immoral--the refusal to confront evil, and is the UN's achielles heel. |
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| What is diplomatic neutrality in terms of the UN? |
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Definition
| It is immoral, and the UN's achielles heel. |
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| What did richard butler (weapons inspector) charge S.A.with? |
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| What UN program was exploited by Saddam Hussein? |
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| The Oil-for-Food Prog., He gave it to his "friends". |
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| What did Paul Volcker shed light on in terms of the UN in 2005? What othe scandal was exposed? |
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Definition
| financial irregularities (10.1M). Other wouls be peacekeepers spread od AIDS in cambodia and Timor. |
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| What are some other UN atrocities concerning Syria and the human rights commission? |
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| Syria was elected into the security council after 9/11 with their known status as terrorism sponsers. And Muammar Qaddafu was elected as chair of the Human right. after being known as a terrorist sponser. |
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| What was the minority of demmocracies in 1993? |
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| 75 free demo.'s out of 184 country members. |
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| What was the UN built on? |
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Definition
| Shared interests. The Soviets and Saudi's only abstained from Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
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| How did the loss of the moral clarity of 1945 come about? |
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Definition
| They started speaking the same poli. language but new players entered speaking their own lang.s and w/ diff values and concepts. |
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| What was Churchill's hope concerning the UN? |
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| That it would be a temple of peace and not just a cockpit of the Tower of Babble. |
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| What did Kofi Annan tell Pres. Bush that the UN had? |
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| How many times has the Security council approved the use of force? |
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| What did S.A. U Thant say about the UN and aggressors? |
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Definition
| They have had a hard time identifying who is what. |
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| Ruthless dictator in Uganda. Rule was ended by Tanzania. |
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| Author of Just and Unjust Wars. Said countries shouldnt wait for the UN when convicted on injustice. |
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| The UN Zionism is Racism--against Israel allowed which conflicts to go unnoticed? |
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Definition
| Sierra Leone & Liberian Civil War |
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Term
| Who said "At first the UN was an instrument to push American ideolgies"? |
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Definition
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Term
| What was FDR's role in building the UN? |
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Definition
| Saw the nation of leagues flaws. |
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Term
| What occurred at Dumbarton's Oaks Conference (Post UN)? |
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Definition
| After the UN declaration was signed. 42' the Big Fours China, US, UK, and USSR would be policeman. |
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Term
| The Security council was originally #s? And the additional #'s were? |
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Definition
| Initially 4 with 10 countries in rotation. |
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Term
| What were the roles of the GA? The Security Council? |
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Definition
| The SC preserved order militarily. And the GA formed its founding values. |
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Term
| What did Walter Lippman warn against? |
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Definition
| Responsibilites for World order must not be delegated to a new born society |
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Term
| What were the 2 prerequisites for collective security's success? |
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Definition
| 1- ID an agressor 2- respond/ mobilize |
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Term
| UN dismissed Soviet actions as common even to the point of what legal mistake? |
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Definition
| A loophole in the Geneva Convention papers signed. which allows mass murder against poli. opponents. |
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Term
| Who were the authors of the Universal Decl. of rights? |
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Definition
| Eleanor Roosevelt, Rene Cassin, Charles Malik, and P.C. Chang |
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Term
| What did Hassan Al Turabi argue against the UN? |
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Definition
| that the human rights commission had no right to judge their form of punishment (Amputations, stoning, and cruxifixion.) |
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| Why were there so many states joining the UN in the decades after? |
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Definition
| B/c of the dissolving of European states |
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| What problem occurred with the addition of new states? |
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Definition
| Many were results from China or USSR and they wanted laws that rep. dictatoships. It was a clash of ideologies. |
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Term
| What is the non-aligned movement? |
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Definition
| A bloc made up of Third World countries that are authoritarian |
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Term
| What did Dean Acheson say about the UN? |
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Definition
| Described as impracticle. misguided beliefs for Wilsonian ideaology. |
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| India (Nehru) re-seized what they "rightfully" claim is theirs and not portugals. the island Goa. became a symbol as to redefining "aggressor" |
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| What did Adlai Stevenson say about the Goa situation? |
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Definition
| The death of the UN would occur if they let acts such as India's actions slide by |
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Term
| The term aggression was solved when the UN adopted? |
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Definition
| When they inserted the def. under alien domination. |
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Term
| What occurred when resolution 2708 (XXV)was passed? |
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Definition
| Airplane hijacking was at an all time high. the UN stated states can seek indep.with any means necessary. |
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Term
| What concerned Yasser Arafat's speech? |
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Definition
| He justified his use of force and molded his actions into UN terminology that would agree with them. |
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Term
| The GA approved against hostage taking with the exception of what? |
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Definition
| Any hostages taken while trying to fight alien occupation. |
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Term
| What did Richard Holbrook call the GA? |
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Definition
| A Talk House. where its only use is as a forum of speeches. |
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Term
| What occurred in the 2002 Geneva convention? |
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Definition
| Elevated the legal status of liberation groups and made a Human rights resolution against Israel. |
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Term
| what comment did Rene Cassin make about the GA and the UN? |
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Definition
| The GA politics influence all other agencies in the UN. |
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Term
| What did Madeleine Albright do to the security council? |
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Definition
| She brought about their meeting daily instead of the inconsistent manner they had done before. |
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Term
| What was Trygve Lie's response to Arab invasion of Palestine? |
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Definition
| The UNs rep. was at stake. they needed to act against aggressor |
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Term
| Which five countries of the Arab League invaded Israel? |
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Definition
| Lebanon, Transjordan, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. |
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Term
| What was the Soviet and American response to the invasion of Israel? |
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Definition
| Gromkyo and Austin both stated the clear aggressors were the Arab states. (They were lookin for it) |
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Term
| What was the British Mandatory Palestine? |
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Definition
| A group of districts from the Ottoman Empire. |
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Term
| What did the British what from Sharif Hussein? |
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Definition
| They wanted to break away from the Ottoman Empire. Offered support of unified arab state. excluding Palestine |
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Term
| What was the Balfour Declaration? |
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Definition
| recognized the historical connection between Palestine and the Jewish people. |
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Term
| What was the problem concerning the Palestine and land divisions? |
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Definition
| Brits has promised Arabs, Jews, and the French something or other concerning Palestine land. |
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Term
| What is article 80 of the UN charter? |
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Definition
| Protection of existing Peoples and states. |
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Term
| What is UNSCOP and what did they work towards? |
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Definition
| UNSCOP is the UN's special committee on Palestine. worked towards getting a partition of an Arab and Jewish state. |
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Term
| What did Res 181 do to Jerusalem? |
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Definition
| Res 181 agreed to partition Palestine and make Jerusalem an intl city seperate from the land and administered by the UN |
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Term
| What occurred May 14, 1948? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who was he and what did Abba Eban say about the UN and the fallen Old City? |
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Definition
| Israel's first UN ambassador said UN deliberately missed critical action. |
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Term
| What is Israel's defense force? |
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Definition
| The underground unit that defended Israel's seize. |
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Term
| What was the Harel Brigade under Yitzhak Rabin? |
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Definition
| Elite prestate jewish strike force. |
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Term
| How long did the truce between Israel and the Arabs states last? (in May 29) |
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Definition
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Term
| What was the bernadotte plan? |
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Definition
| proposed by Bern. that jerusalem be put under Arab Sovereignty / autonomy for the Jews. |
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Term
| Who assassinated Bernadotte? What position did he obtain later on? |
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Definition
| Lehi, who was later Israel's PM |
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Term
| When did Jordan annex the West bank? And how did the jordanians abuse the Jews? |
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Definition
| In 1950. They denied Jews access to the Holy sites. |
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Term
| What was the definition of a Palestinian refugee? |
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Definition
| Someone who had residence in Palestine at least 2 years before the conflict. |
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Term
| What was the UNHCR? What was the special agency for Palestinians Arabs? |
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Definition
| The UN High commissioner for refugees. The UNRWA- Relief and Works Agency. |
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Term
| What did Palestinian Arab refugees do about resettlement? |
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Definition
| They thwarted any plans to settle into neighboring Arab countries. |
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Term
| What did the UN's intense focus on the Arab refugees affect? |
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Definition
| The attention paid to the Jewish refugee's~ about 500,000 which was about the same as the Arabs. |
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Term
| What other test did the UN fail around S. Asia? |
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Definition
| The partition of India and Pakistan |
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Term
| What delayed or left unresolved the India-Pakistan dispute? What solved it? |
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Definition
| The US and Brit's interests in Pakistan, UN's failure to identify an aggressor-false symmertry, and diversion attempts. What solved it were the Soviets-Kosygin. |
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Term
| Who was Akbar Khan and what was his role? |
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Definition
| He was a Pakistani major General and planned to infiltrate Kashmir. |
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Term
| When was Bangladesh est.? |
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Definition
| After the 3rd Indian-Pakistani War |
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Term
| What was the Simla agreement? |
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Definition
| An agreement after the 3rd I-P war. It reflected the interests of the victor- India. |
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Term
| What did the loophole in Article 2 do for most states? |
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Definition
| Let them claim and justify their disputes about bordering nations. |
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Term
| What did China do in relations to the loophole in Article 2? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Held N Korea responsible for the attack on S. and therefore being the aggressor |
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Term
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Definition
| To gather as much assistance as needed to S. korea as to restore intl. peace |
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Term
| How many responded in aid to the S Koreans? |
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Definition
| 17 countries responded with military aid |
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Term
| Why and since when had the Soviets boycotted the Security Council? |
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Definition
| Since 50' because the UN recognized nationalist China. |
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Term
| How did the Soviets view the Korea's differently from the US? |
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Definition
| The nation was supposed to be one. So the soviets viewed it as a civil war not a war between 2 nations. |
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Term
| What did the US-- Dean Acheson--say concerning Korea? |
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Definition
| That the boundaries of protection did not reach Korea. As in they had no interests in them. |
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Term
| What did the soviets return- as presidency over the security council? |
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Definition
| they helped N korea efforts claiming Amer.'s were obliterating civilians |
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Term
| What were the positive's in the United for Peace Resolution? Negatives? |
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Definition
| It helped contain efforts in Korea but also came back to bite in the but when Anti western feelings grew in states. also, restrained the GA from dispatching forces |
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Term
| How did the UN act differently in the Gulf War? |
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Definition
| They actually enacted and said to use all forces necessary to bring Iraq out of Kuwait. |
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Term
| What did S.G. Hammerskjold do for the UN? Who and what country did he support? |
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Definition
| Tried to make it a 3rd world defending force. He supported Patrice Lumumba in Congo's conflicts. |
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Term
| What was the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and Who was in charge? |
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Definition
| Irme Nagy was in charge. He fought for Soviet extraction from Hungary. |
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Term
| What surprising thing did Kennedy do after finding intelligence on Cuba? |
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Definition
| He made a public speech on the crisis-- soviet missiles. |
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Term
| When did Ambassador Stevenson present the photos-evidence to the public? |
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Definition
| After plans had been made to quarantine Cuba. |
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Term
| Why was Article 51 not presented in the Cuban missile Crisis? |
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Definition
| B.c that would give the soviets justification for defending against US forces encircling Soviet areas. |
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Term
| Who is Zorin and Stevenson? What is their importance? |
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Definition
| Amb. Stevenson of the US challenged Amb. Zorin of USSR to missile containment in Cuba. To then hand over evidence after. |
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Term
| What was U Thant's appeal? Kennedy complaint? And the results of it all? |
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Definition
| U thant appealed to Khrushchev to cease missile sending. And for kennedy to stop reconnaissance and allow the missiles to stay. But the results were the Soviets folded. |
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Term
| What was Kennedy's end move to Dobrynin? |
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Definition
| An ultimatum that they were willing to bomb Cuba to get rid of the missiles. |
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Term
| What was Kennedy's end move to Dobrynin? What did Kennedy have to do in return? |
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Definition
| An ultimatum that they were willing to bomb Cuba to get rid of the missiles. The U.S. had to remove their missiles from Turkey |
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Term
| How did U Thant hinder the UN? |
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Definition
| He lowered the position of S.G. by being neutral. |
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Term
| Who was Dean Rusk and what importance did he hold? |
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Definition
| He was Secretary of State and he offered insurance that the UN- US seemed stronger than before b/c it backed up its words. |
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Term
| Why did the UN become increasingly hostile to US ideas? |
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Definition
| The soviets worked on ensuring that American ideas-policies would not be easily supported after the Cold War. |
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Term
| What mischief occurred that negatively affected Israel's attempts to deter Syria? |
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Definition
| The soviets falsely claimed Israeli plans that inflamed the Arab world |
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Term
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Definition
| United nations emergency forces. It was the pride of the UN. |
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Term
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Definition
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| What kind of an understanding did Israel have with UN S.G. Hammerskjold? |
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Definition
| That they would withdraw from the Gaza strip and Sinai if they made Egypt com before the GA if they planned to withdraw UNEF troops. |
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Term
| Who was and what did Arthur Goldberg call U Thant? |
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Definition
| The US ambassador to the UN called U Thant "weak kneed" |
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Term
| What did president Johnson propose that only got the participation of 2 countries? |
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Definition
| To help Israel with navel ships. Only Aussie and the Netherlands agreed. |
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Term
| What is the Strait of Tiran? |
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Definition
| A blockade of naval shipping. And was considered an act of war |
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Term
| What parts-land did ISrael seize? |
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Definition
| West Bank, and Gaza. Israel-- Old City Jerusalem and Golan Heights |
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Term
| What is the Soviets resolution to the Israeli-Egypt conflict? |
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Definition
| That Israels cease fire would mean they would all return back to the lines divided in 1967 |
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Term
| What was Pres. Johnson's speech concerning the resolution of Israel-Egyptian conflict? |
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Definition
| That Israel should not return to their borders |
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Term
| What is special about Resolution 242? |
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Definition
| It does not mention JErusalem at all. And mentions that the Gaza Strip nor West Bank have any intl. poli. standing |
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Term
| What did Stephen Schewbel say concerning Israel's capture of new territory? |
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Definition
| That the one who acquire it has the rightful ownership if the previous owner acquired it unlawfully. |
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Term
| Who was Lord Calderon? What was his claim? |
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Definition
| A brit. Ambassador who expressed the views of others that Israel should return the territory acquired. |
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Term
| What did Gunnar Jarring ask in terms of Israel land conflict? |
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Definition
| He asked that the wording be reinterpreted and for Irael to completely pull out. |
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Term
| How did Kurt Waldheim fail to act in the Gulf War? |
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Definition
| He offered his good offices- hence he hoped Iran and Iraq would solve prob.s themselves by peaceful results. |
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Definition
| A call to refrain from further force for Iraq and Iran. |
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Term
| How had the UN failed with WMD? |
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Definition
| Iraq had failed to comply with IAEA. |
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Term
| How did Hans Blix mess up? |
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Definition
| He took the Iraqi's word for it. |
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Term
| What other countries "passed" over Hans Blix nuclear inspection? |
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Definition
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Term
| How many were killed in husseins chem. attack on Halabja? |
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Definition
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Term
| What as operation provide comfort? |
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Definition
| 12,000 US soldiers deployed to provide a safe haven for the kurds |
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Term
| What and where was the no fly zone? |
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Definition
| In N. Iraq around the Kurd haven. Where no aircraft could fly over |
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Term
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Definition
| a weapons inspection team- resulting from the Gulf War. |
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| How did Iraq benefit, under wraps, from the Oil for Food exchange- materially? |
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Definition
| They imported banned military weapons and dual use tech. |
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