United Nations
In 1945, when World War II finally came to an end, people all around the world agreed on one thing: never again did they want to see a war of that magnitude. World War II was a bitter and harsh war in which millions of lives were lost. Those who survived the cruelties of war would never be the same. The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union understood the strong desire of all nations to see world peace. Thus, the United Nations was established. Prime Minister Clemet Attlee described the goal of the United Nations as “…not just the negation of war, but the creation of a world of security and freedom, of a world which is governed by the justice and the moral law. We desire to assert the preminence of right over might and the general good against sectional aims” (quoted in Johnson 7). In short, the main purpose of the UN is maintenance of world peace and the avoidance of war. The idea as a whole sounds wonderful in theory. The problems ari!se when the UN itself cannot agree on a course of action or when those that the UN attempts to help resist or even despise the assistance. In instances such as the Korean War and the Bosnian Peacekeeping attempts, the United Nations did not help to keep p
On June 25, 1950, war between North and South Korea finally began. President Truman appealed to the United Nations, and the United States was able to send in troops under the name the United Nations. During the first phase of the Korean War, the Korean People’s Army (North Korea) was pushing back South Korean forces. By September 30, the United Nations established a defense and sent the KPA into retreat. Unfortunately for the U.N., China chose to enter the war on the side of North Korea. China’s strong army helped North Korea to once again cross the 38 parallel and retake Seoul. The chaos in Seoul was unimaginable when it once again came under U.N. control in March. Finally on July 27, 1953, after much guerilla warfare and disagreements over POWs, the armistice was signed. Questions about war crimes committed by the United States were part of the reason that negotiations were stalled (“Events of the Korean War”). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The UN issued ultimatums to the Serbs to abandon their heavy weapons. When the Serbs did not comply, the United Nations bombed ammunition dumps. The Serbs then took hundreds of the “peacekeepers” hostage. Some of these hostages became human shields as they were chained to military targets in order to prevent further bombings (“Killing With Kindness: The UN Peacekeeping Mission in Bosnia”). Those that had been sent to keep peace quickly contributed to the conflict. Many Muslims felt that the UN was taking the side of the Serbs and Croats. The Serbs and Croats argued that the UN was supplying weapons to the Muslims (Johnson 44). After World War II, Korea became jointly occupied. The Soviets arose in the territory north of the 38 parallel, and the U.S. took control of the southern part of the country. Neither the Soviet Union nor the U.S. was willing to let Korea fall under the hands of the other. From the start of Korea’s liberation, division was prevalent. The Soviet Union wanted to establish a Communist Korea while the U.S. hoped to bring democracy to Korea. By 1947, two different political parties had risen in Korea. Despite th
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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