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Canada in the UN & UN (and NATO) Peacekeeping Operations: ,[object Object]

A SERIES OF WW2 TALKS LED TO UN ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

UN Membership ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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The UN HQ in NYC This building opened in 1950 - prior to that the UN met alternatively in London, Paris and New York.

Humanitarian Role CIDA is not a Cdn UN group, although many of the humanitarian departments of the UN do similar work As a member nation, we give $ to the UN earmarked for specific programs.

Peacekeeping ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

UK, France and Israel vs. Egypt (After President Naser nationalized the Canal zone) Does Canada’s siding with the US position vs. UK signal a shift in allegiance?

[object Object],[object Object],Blue helmets helped distinguish the Cdns from the combatant Brits who wore similar uniforms

1956 Suez - UNEF 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Lightly armed observers in white vehicles and wearing blue helmets.

In 1988, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United Nations Peacekeepers.

UNPROFOR: Yugoslavia in the 1990s ,[object Object]

[object Object],Note: an absence of white and blue paint. How does this image compare to the UNEF 1 photo?

Somalia, 1993 (Op Restore Hope) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Canadian Forces UN Myth: “Canadian soldiers are peacekeepers” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cyprus: UNFICYP ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Life on the Green Line ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Yugoslavia: UNPROFOR ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Green Line? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Examples (war stories) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

NATO: KFOR ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],UN High Commission for Refugees

NO need for a DMZ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bringing it into a modern context: Canada in Afghanistan ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],NATO is fulfilling a UN mandate: are these soldiers “peacekeepers?” How has peacekeeping evolved and is this mission unpopular for many Canadians because it is in the news so people are aware of the violence, or because it has had more fatalities than other missions, or because it’s seen as a US war, or because it is incongruent with the peacekeeper icon?

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