1. 12. UNEF and “Traditional Peacekeeping” Part II

2. 12. UNEF and “Traditional Peacekeeping” II Learning Objectives – Describe the creation of UNEF – Familiar with the politics of peacemaking and peacekeeping – Understand the operational challenges – Apply the “Traditional Peacekeeping” Model

3. 12.1. The Attack Invasion of Egypt: 29 October 1956 (British and French invade 31 October)

4. 12.1. The Attack Invasion of Egypt: 29 October 1956 (British and French invade 31 October) From the Security Council to the General Assembly

5. 12.1. The Attack Invasion of Egypt: 29 October 1956 (British and French invade 31 October) From the Security Council to the General Assembly Lester Pearson’s proposal

6. 12.1. The Attack Invasion of Egypt: 29 October 1956 (British and French invade 31 October) From the Security Council to the General Assembly Lester Pearson’s proposal

7. 12.1. The Attack Invasion of Egypt: 29 October 1956 (British and French invade 31 October) From the Security Council to the General Assembly Lester Pearson’s proposal US actions

8. The Canadian Resolution (Nov. 3, 1956) “The GA … requests, as a matter of priority, the Secretary General to submit to it within 48 hours a plan for the setting up, with the consent of the nations concerned, of an emergency international United Nations force to secure and supervise the cessation of hostilities….”

9. 12.2. UNEF Principles and Deployment

10. 1) The great powers would not be included 2) An advisory committee would be created in New York (Brazil, Canada, Columbia, India, Norway, and Pakistan) 3) The force would not be a fighting force and would not seek to impose its will on anyone 4) It would be neutral 5) the sovereign rights of the nation on whose soil it was stationed would be respected 6) the nations supplying the troops would be responsible for paying them and providing their equipment

11. The Mandate “…to secure and supervise the cessation of hostilities, including the withdrawal of the armed forces of France, Israel and the United Kingdom from Egyptian territory and, after the withdrawal, to serve as a buffer between the Egyptian and Israeli forces and to provide impartial supervision of the ceasefire.”

12. 12.2. UNEF Principles and Deployment Canadians and politics…

13. 12.2. UNEF Principles and Deployment Canadians and politics… The deployment of UNEF (25 November)

14. The End of UNEF I The 1967 War UNEF II

15. The Relevance of Traditional Peacekeeping Still useful as a conflict management instrument (UNMEE)

16. Traditional Peacekeeping MissionDatesPeak Size Location UNEF I1956-676073Sinai UNOGIL1958591Lebanon ONUC1960-6419828Congo UNSF1962-631576New Guinea

17. Traditional Peacekeeping MissionDatesPeak Size Location UNYOM1963-64189Yemen UNFICYP1964-6411Cyprus DOMREP1965-662Dominican Republic UNIPOM1965-6696India/Pakistan

18. Traditional Peacekeeping MissionDatesPeak Size Location UNEF II1973-796973Egypt/Israel UNDOF1974-1450Syria/Israel UNIFIL1978-7000Lebanon UNGOMAP1988-9096Afghanistan

19. Traditional Peacekeeping MissionDatesPeak Size Location UNIIMOG1988-91399Iran/Iraq UNAVEM I1989-9170Angola (Cubans) UNTAG1989-904493Namibia UNMEE2000-084154Ethiopia/Eritrea