How Has Britain's Overseas Policy Been Influenced By Its Role In The UN

Question 1

What did Britain, alongside China, the USSR and the USA, help draw up after WW2?

Answer 1

The UN Charter

Question 2

What were the key principles of the UN charter?

Answer 2

Maintenance of international peace and security
Prevention of aggression
Peaceful settlement of internal disputes
Addressing economic, social and cultural problems
Promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinctions as to race, sex, language or relgion

Question 3

What is Britain part of in the UN, as one of first major 5 nations to join?

Answer 3

A permanent member of the Security Council, giving it considerable power and influence because each permanent member has a veto over Security Council decisions

Question 4

When was Britain’s first veto used in the Security Council?

Answer 4

During the Suez Crisis when the USA and USSR accused them of trying to re-establish colonial powers over Egypt

Question 5

What did Britain veto 6 Security Council resolutions over between 1963 and 1973?

Answer 5

OVer resolution on Rhodesia because the Afro-Asian nations accused Britain of supporting white supremacy

Question 6

What did Thatcher’s government support the USA in vetoing in April 1986?

Answer 6

A resolution criticising the US bombing of Libya, many in Africa regard the bombing as an example of Western imperialism