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Question 1

What is the UN?

Answer 1

A international organisation, founded after the second world war with aims to maintain global peace

Question 2

What are the roles of the UN?

Answer 2

• maintain international peace and security
• protect human rights
• uphold international law
• deliver humanitarian aid
• promote sustainable development

Question 3

What are the different sanctions the UN can implement?

Answer 3

Arms embargo- ban weapons and military
Trade embargo- ban specific import items
Restrictions on loans- for development projects
Freezing assets- specific important peoples in that country
Travel restrictions- reduces tourism and business people

Question 4

When have the UN been unsuccessful?

Answer 4

Iran
=> they attempted to build nuclear weapons so to reduce risk UN intervened
=> economic sanctions and trade embargo which due to being one of biggest exporters should’ve been impactful, only reduces 5% GDP
Bosnia
=> Ethnic cleansing occured in bosnia between serbs and muslims
=> lots of people died as UN peacekeepers were unsuccessful

Question 5

When have the UN been successful?

Answer 5

Since ww2 there has been no wars to that scale so could argue that it has been successful slightly
Provides aid to a lot of people

Question 6

Who are the security states in the UN?

Answer 6

UK, USA, USSR, China, France

Question 7

How are the security states in the UN different?

Answer 7

They are able to veto decisions no matter what
E.g. Russia
- due to them being a security member it means they can veto decisions
- most un countries wanted to stop Russia invading Ukraine but didn’t happen because Russia said no using veto