United Nations Flashcards
What is the aim of the United Nations?
Maintaining worldwide peace and security. Developing relations among nations. Fostering cooperation between nations in order to solve economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian international problems.
What is a non-peaceful intervention from the UN?
The UN tries to be peaceful, but sometimes when talks do not work the UN has formed ‘peacekeeping’ forces’
What do UN peacekeeping forces do?
UN peacekeepers travel to troubled places in the world and try - sometimes successfully, sometimes not - to keep the peace. Today there are UN peacekeepers working in Afghanistan, Cyprus, Haiti, Liberia and several other countries.
What is the UNOCT?
UN Office of Counter Terrorism
What do the UNOCT do?
This is an organisation within the United Nations that is aimed at supporting member states affected by terrorism and to prevent extremism leading to acts of terror. It relies on the stronger international cooperation between member states
What do the UNOCT hold?
The UNOCT often holds briefings to share intelligence and training and in 2022 held meetings to share new intelligence on terrorism within Syria, Africa and Asia as well as educating member states on the terrorism threats created by new technologies
How many meetings did UNOCT hold in 2022?
In total, UNOCT held 161 bilateral meetings in 2022
What reports did the UNOCT create and share in 2022?
In 2022, the UNOCT collated reports on Xenophobia, racism and religious extremism and their roles in acts of terror to share insight amongst its member states, share intelligence and to advance the global communities understanding of terrorism in order to prevent future threats.
How many countries is the UNOCT active in?
Currently, UNOCT works with 168 countries globally to implement the UN global anti-terrorism strategy.
What is UNOCTs ‘Go Travel’?
One recent pilot project by UNOCT was the launch of ‘Go Travel’ software in Botswana. Go Travel is a solution to track, monitor and limit the movements of individuals and groups suspected of terror related behaviour. This system supports law enforcement to obtain passenger data to allow them to investigate and analyse terror related threats.
Another example of UNOCT using a non military method in response to terrorism is their use of regional youth empowerment projects. Where and why?
In 2022, this was seen in Iraq, where the UN supported over 4,000 returnees from Syria. The UN worked with these young people to deradicalise and offer opportunities to enhance their life within Iraq.
What is a UN peacekeeping mission?
These are soldiers from different countries that go to conflict zone to promote peace and dialogue and keep the two sides apart. They are allowed to use force but only in self-defence.
What did UN peacekeeping missions prevent in Afghanistan?
UN peacekeeping missions resulted in preventing at least 2,592 children from enlisting with Afghan security forces as of 2023.
How does the UN respond to terrorism with humanitarian aid?
UN agencies such as UNICEF will help those affected by Terrorism, often displaced people. It will provide shelter, food, education and healthcare.
What does the UN do to respond to terrorism in Nigeria?
provide emergency food aid to the almost 100,000 children facing malnourishment due to displacement after fleeing Boko Haram. Furthermore within Nigeria from 1 May 2019 schools have been refurbished with support from UNICEF, some now have a high perimeter wall, entry and exit gates, and teachers who have been trained to provide psychosocial support. this is in response to terrorism disrupting education for more than 626,693 children.
