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CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPolitical ScienceInternational Organisations5 Marks
Question
How far did the U.N. perform its role successfully in maintaining peace in the World? Explain.
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Answer

  • The U.N. was founded with the hope that it would act to stop the conflicts between the states which escalate into war. In case a war breaks out, it is expected of the U.N. to limit the extent of hostilities or altogether stop it.
  • With the objective to maintain world peace, the U.N. has made many efforts to resolve conflicts, resist hostilities and stop wars.
  • It has succeeded in many, got partial success in some and has failed in some missions as well since it does not have army of its own.
  • Here are some of the important U.N. Peace-keeping operations which give us an idea about the sincere efforts made by the U.N. as its peace keeping activities:
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 Intervened and stopped the hostilities between India and Pakistan in Jammu & Kashmir in. 1949
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 Middle East 1948
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 Israel and Syria 1974
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 Lebanan 1978
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 Western Sahara 1991
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 Ethopia and Eritrea 2000
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 Afganistan 2002
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 Siberia 2003
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 Haiti 2004
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 Sudan 2005
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 East Timor 2006
  • The U.N. has imposed sanctions on many countries whenever they tried to defy and act against the international peace.

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