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Author: Kevin A. Spooner Publisher: UBC Press ISBN: 0774858958 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 298
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In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established a peacekeeping operation to deal with the crisis, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? By offering one of the first detailed accounts of Canadian involvement in a UN peacekeeping mission, Kevin Spooner reveals that Canada’s involvement was not a certainty: the Diefenbaker government had immediate and ongoing reservations about the mission, reservations that challenge cherished notions of Canada’s commitment to the UN and its status as a peacekeeper.
Author: Kevin A. Spooner Publisher: UBC Press ISBN: 0774858958 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 298
Book Description
In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established a peacekeeping operation to deal with the crisis, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? By offering one of the first detailed accounts of Canadian involvement in a UN peacekeeping mission, Kevin Spooner reveals that Canada’s involvement was not a certainty: the Diefenbaker government had immediate and ongoing reservations about the mission, reservations that challenge cherished notions of Canada’s commitment to the UN and its status as a peacekeeper.
Author: Kevin A. (Kevin Alexander) Spooner Publisher: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada ISBN: 9780612719491 Category : Canada Languages : en Pages : 922
Author: Fidelis Etah Ewane Publisher: GRIN Verlag ISBN: 3640604903 Category : Languages : en Pages : 37
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Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, language: English, abstract: The role of the United Nations and the West in the Congo between 1960 and 1964 can only be characterised as a tragedy. We are still witnessing the consequences of the myopic and misguided policies that were pursued by UN officials and western leaders at the time. This paper elucidates the story of how Lumumba was first betrayed and then murdered. It analyses how historians and political scientists have treated the conflict and suggests ways in which scholars from the two disciplines can cooperate better and learn from one another. The paper reverts to international relations theories that adequately explain what happened between 1960 and 1964.This essay critically examines why UN intervention in the Congo failed to achieve the intended peace that constituted the rationale behind its intervention. The essay will argue that perceptions and misperceptions among UN members exacerbated a rift between the UN and the realities of the conflict. And the Cold War ideology at the time and Belgium's support for Moise Tshombe to secede Katanga because of their hatred for Patrice Lumumba, greatly hampered UN mission as a peace machinery.
Author: Ahmed Adeel Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 345
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This is an archival account of the experience of Sudan during the Congo Crisis in its initial phases in 1960-1961. Sudan participated in the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Congo and in the diplomatic efforts to resolve the problem. Conflicts erupted within the Congo government, fueled by external interests and competition between the poles of the Cold War. After the assassination of Lumumba, the Congo Government became suspicious of the intentions of the peacekeeping forces. The UN Sudanese contingent in peacekeeping came under attack by an overwhelming force of the National Congolese Army. As a result, Sudan withdrew from the peacekeeping mission. This experience became a legacy of the UN peacekeeping missions and presented lessons for future missions. The book is mainly based on United Nations archives and published references. The inclusion of the verbatim minutes of the United Nations Advisory committee was meant to show the diverse opinions of its members as they reviewed the daily developments in the Congo crisis. Also, the correspondence of the Secretary General with the heads of states sheds light on his views on the role of the United Nations in the world as he saw it. Although the book covers events that took place decades ago the relevance of what happened then to today's world is indeed very striking.
Author: Esref Aksu Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 9780719067488 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 264
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The UN and Intra-State Conflict: Problematising the Normative Connection * Rethinking the UN Through Intra-State Peacekeeping: the Analytical Framework * The UN's Role in Historical Context: Impact of Structural Tensions and Thresholds * UN Peacekeeping in Intra-State Conflicts: Evolution of the Normative Basis * The UN in the Congo Conflict: ONUC * The UN On the Cyprus Conflict: UNFICYP * The UN in the Angola Conflict: UNAVEM * The UN in the Cambodia Conflict: UNTAC * Reflections on International Normative Change.
Author: Saleem Ahmad Khan Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000859487 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 190
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the United Nations peace operations in Africa with a focus on civil-military coordination and state-building. With case studies from Sudan, South Sudan, and Congo, it examines themes like the colonization of Africa and long-term conflicts; United Nations peace operations in Africa from 1956-1964; and United Nations’ return to Africa in the 1990s and 2000s. The author investigates how modern civil-military coordination gradually becomes an effective tool to assist in national-level state-building in conflict-ridden countries. The volume also discusses the organizational culture of civilian and military entities as well as civil-military cooperation in health, agriculture, energy, sports, and education to showcase the strategic direction for long-term peace in the region. Rich in ethnographic analysis, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of African Studies, UN studies, peace and conflict studies, defence and strategic studies, international relations, and military studies.
Author: Alanna O'Malley Publisher: ISBN: 9781526116628 Category : Languages : en Pages : 272
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The book reinterprets the role of the UN during the Congo crisis from 1960 to 1964, presenting a multidimensional view of the organisation. Through an examination of the Anglo-American relationship, the book reveals how the UN helped position this event as a lightning rod in debates about how decolonisation interacted with the Cold War. By examining the ways in which the various dimensions of the UN came into play in Anglo-American considerations of how to handle the Congo crisis, the book reveals how the Congo debate reverberated in wider ideological struggles about how decolonisation evolved and what the role of the UN would be in managing this process. The UN became a central battle ground for ideas and visions of world order; as the newly-independent African and Asian states sought to redress the inequalities created by colonialism, the US and UK sought to maintain the status quo, while the Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld tried to reconcile these two contrasting views.
Author: Kevin A. Spooner
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Author: Kevin A. (Kevin Alexander) Spooner
Author: Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division
Author: Fidelis Etah Ewane
Author: Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division
Author: Ahmed Adeel
Author: Esref Aksu
Author: Saleem Ahmad Khan
Author: Alanna O'Malley
Author: Andreas Tullberg