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The United Nations

What is ‘Safeguarding International Peace and Security’?

For JC students taking H1 or H2 History, it is one of the featured topics. In this topic, we will look at how the United Nations was formed as well as its specific case study applications in the conduct of peacekeeping missions.

There are three major areas of study for H2 History students:

Formation of the United Nations
Political Effectiveness of the UN in maintaining international peace and security
UN Reforms

There are two major areas of study for H1 History students:

Organisational Structure of the UN
Effectiveness of UN Peacekeeping Operations in maintaining peace and security

Browse the featured articles below to find out more.

What did the UN do to help Somalia?

July 11, 2023

Learn more about the UN responses to the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s. Join our JC History Tuition to study United Nations peacekeeping effectively.

What was the Brahimi Report?

May 16, 2023

Learn more about UN reforms that were introduced in 2000 to enhance peacekeeping efforts.

What happened in South West Africa?

May 9, 2023

Learn more about the role of the ICJ in managing the issue of South West Africa.

How did the UN respond to the Suez Canal crisis?

May 2, 2023

Learn more about the Suez Canal Crisis and the Six-Day War of 1967.

How did decolonisation affect the United Nations?

April 25, 2023

Learn more about the impacts of decolonisation of the Afro-Asian nation on the United Nations General Assembly.

What is the peacekeeping role of the United Nations?

February 28, 2023

Learn more about the origins of peacekeeping and how it impacted global security.

Who is U Thant?

December 20, 2022

Learn more about the Burmese Secretary-General of the UN who served from 1961 to 1971.

How did the UN support decolonisation?

December 13, 2022

Learn more about General Assembly Resolution 1514 that advocated self-determination, thereby supporting the decolonisation of Third World nations in the 1960s.

What is the Uniting for Peace resolution?

December 6, 2022

Learn more about the Acheson Plan which led to the adoption of Resolution 377A (V) also known as the 'Uniting for Peace'.

What is the United Nations Standby Arrangement System?

November 1, 2022

Learn more about the peacekeeping system created in 1993 as part of a UN reform by Boutros-Ghali.

What was the Six-Day War?

October 11, 2022

Learn more about the Third Arab-Israeli War that was fought between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan in June 1967.

What was Dag Hammarskjöld’s Summary Study?

November 30, 2021

Learn more about Dag Hammarskjöld's Summary Study that was published in 1958.

What happened in the Abyssinian crisis?

November 9, 2021

Learn more about the diplomatic crisis between Italy and Ethiopia in the mid-1930s.

What are the five regional groups of the United Nations General Assembly?

September 28, 2021

Learn more about regional groups that are formed in the General Assembly.

How does the UN General Assembly work?

July 13, 2021

Learn more about the pivotal role of the UN General Assembly that functions as a forum for global discussions.

How effective is the International Court of Justice?

March 2, 2021

Assess the contributions of the Court to understand its impact on ensuring adherence to the international law.

What happened during the United States invasion of Grenada?

December 22, 2020

Learn more about the Cold War case study to understand its impact on the United Nations.

What were Dag Hammarskjöld’s contributions?

December 15, 2020

Learn more about the role of the late Swedish diplomat who assumed the role of the Secretary-General in the United Nations.

What happens when the General Assembly convenes?

December 8, 2020

Examine the three types of sessions conducted by the General Assembly to maintain international peace and security.

What happened in the Hungarian uprising?

December 1, 2020

Examine the political developments in Hungary that affected the relevance of the United Nations during the Cold War.

An Agenda for Peace

October 27, 2020

Learn more about Boutros-Ghali's report that broadened the scope of United Nations peacekeeping.

Criticisms of the veto

October 20, 2020

Analyse the problems arising from the veto mechanism that affected the functions of the Security Council.

Why is the UN Security Council important?

October 13, 2020

Examine the role of the Security Council to comprehend its significance to international peace and security.

What are the founding principles of the United Nations?

June 16, 2020

Learn more about the six main committees of the United Nations as well as its principles to understand its role in the post-WWII era.

Why was the United Nations formed in 1945?

June 9, 2020

Learn more about the factors that led to the establishment of this international organisation.

What is the UN Responsibility to Protect?

March 3, 2020

Learn more about the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) framework, which is a reform for the United Nations.

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What was the Fisheries Jurisdiction case about?

February 25, 2020

Learn more about Fisheries Jurisdiction case between UK and Iceland to assess the effectiveness of the International Court of Justice.

What is the role of the International Court of Justice?

October 8, 2019

Examine the role of the International Court of Justice to understand how it ensures to the international law.

What are the UN Reforms?

October 1, 2019

Identify the obstacles affecting the United Nations to understand why reforms are needed to keep it relevant.

What is peacekeeping?

September 24, 2019

Consider the role of United Nations peacekeeping to understand how it affected the maintenance of international peace and security.

What is the role of the United Nations Security Council?

September 17, 2019

Consider the roles and responsibilities of the United Nations Security Council in maintaining international peace and security from 1945 to 2000.

What is the role of the United Nations General Assembly?

September 10, 2019

Examine the role of the United Nations General Assembly to understand how it contributes to the maintenance of international peace and security.

What is the role of the United Nations Secretariat?

May 14, 2019

Examine the roles and responsibilities of the UN Secretary-General to understand his contributions to the maintenance of international peace and security.

What caused the Cambodian-Vietnamese War?

March 19, 2019

Consider the Cold War climate in affecting the political effectiveness of the United Nations in responding to the 1978 Cambodian Crisis.

What happened in East Timor?

March 12, 2019

What happened in the East Timorese Crisis in 1991? Consider the interactions between Indonesia and East Timor to analyze the political effectiveness of the United Nations in the post-Cold War period.

What happened in the Persian Gulf War?

March 5, 2019

Consider the role of the US in this peacekeeping mission in the post-Cold War era. Identify the contributing factors that explain the successes of the United Nations.

What happened in the Kosovo War?

February 26, 2019

How did the ethnic tensions in Kosovo hinder the United Nations? Learn more about the role of the UN to understand their limited effectiveness in the Kosovo War.

What happened during the Rwandan Genocide?

February 19, 2019

Examine the role of the United Nations peacekeeping force in response to the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 to identify the persistent internal obstacles in the conflict.

How did the Somali civil war start?

February 12, 2019

Find out why the United Nations was unable to provide humanitarian aid successfully during the Somali Civil War.

What happened in the South Lebanon conflict?

February 5, 2019

Examine the South Lebanon conflict to understand the significance of the Arab-Israeli war that lasted since 1948.

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Why did the Iran Hostage Crisis happen?

January 29, 2019

Find out why the ICJ was unable to resolve the Iran Hostage Crisis effectively on its own. Learn more about the role of the US to comprehend its vast political influence on the global scale.

What happened in the Nicaragua case?

January 22, 2019

Why was the ICJ unsuccessful in managing the Nicaragua case? Identify and analyze the obstacles that impeded the UN efforts in ensuring adherence to the international law.

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What was the Corfu Channel incident?

January 15, 2019

Learn more about the role of the ICJ in its first case relating to the Corfu Channel. Find out why it was not entirely successful in this situation during the Cold War period.

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What was the Congo Crisis?

January 8, 2019

Was Cold War rivalry the greatest obstacle to the ONUC? Find out how the UN Secretary-Generals managed the challenges to fulfil the UN mandates in Congo.

What caused the 1948 Arab-Israeli war?

January 1, 2019

Learn more about this longstanding conflict to understand the changing role of the United Nations in its efforts to maintain international peace and security after World War Two.

What happened in the Suez Canal Crisis?

July 7, 2018

Was the United Nations successful in resolving the Suez Canal Crisis? Learn more about the instrumental role of the UN Secretary-General in formalizing the peacekeeping concept, such as the deployment of the UNEF.

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