Peacekeeping

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Peacekeeping
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The Persian Gulf War

• In August 1990, Iraqi forces under the leadership
  of Saddam Hussein invaded the oil-rich country of
  Kuwait.
• UN demanded Iraq to leave Kuwait and threatened
  economic sanctions if it refused.
• US ordered that military force would be used to
  get Iraqi forces out of Kuwait
• Iraqi forces did not listen to UN or US
• The United Nations authorized a multinational
  force against an aggressor nation.
• Canada contributed two destroyers, a supply ship,
  a squadron of CF-18 fighter jets, a field
  hospital, and hundreds of military personnel.
• In January 1991, U.S. and coalition forces began
  bombarding targets in an effort to drive Iraqi
  troops from Kuwait.
• Operation Desert Storm began
• US and UN won the Gulf WAR
• George Bush (George W. Bushs father) introduced
  a new world order
• UN would participate as a global police force

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Genocide in Rwanda

• Ethnic rivalries existed in Rwanda and many
  people were being killed
• Belgium and France decided to get involved since
  they used to control the area
• UN peacekeepers led by a Canadian were sent to
  Rwanda
• This Canadian was Major General Romeo Dallaire
• He discovered that there was mass killing taking
  place in Rwanda
• He went to the UN and introduced his plan to stop
  the killing
• UN needed to send a huge army to stop the killing
  quickly and with the help of the US.
• UN and US did not say yes to Dallaires plans
• Because of no help, killings did not stop
• Around a million people died (GENOCIDE)
• The situation in Rwanda made people wonder how
  effective the UN was.

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Somalia Debacle

• 1992 UN began Operation Restore Hope in Somalia
• Somalia was experiencing a civil war and
  starvation
• US and other countries like Canada helped to give
  food and important supplies to Somalia
• Canadas involvement in Somalia cause a crisis in
  Canadas armed forces
• Canadian soldiers attacked a Somalian teen and
  killed him
• The army tried to hide this, so one would know.
• Canadians found out and were surprised
• The crisis made Canadian army look bad

butchers or Peace keepers Beledweyne, Somalia
1992 - YouTube
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Yugoslavia

• In 1989 tensions broke out amongst the 6 small
  republics of Yugoslavia.
• Conflict between the three main ethnic groups,
  the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims, resulted in
  genocide committed by the Serbs against the
• Muslims in Bosnia.
• United Nations peacekeeping missions, including
  Canadian forces, were sent into the area, but hey
  were unable to control the situation.
• Eventually NATO threatened to take steps.
• In 1995, NATO forces launched a series of air
  strikes against the mainly Serbian forces of the
  Yugoslav army.
• In 1999, the NATO alliance launched its
  first-ever military operation against an
  independent country Kosovo