UN Peace Operations Quiz

1. The first UN peacekeepers were unarmed military observers in 1948. T or F ?

2. How many fully-equipped and trained soldiers comprise the UN Standing Peacekeeping Force? Does the UN have a dedicated supply and logistics base?

3. What are some characteristics of 'traditional' peacekeeping as developed during the early UN peacekeeping missions such as Suez in 1956?

4. What differentiates peacekeeping from peace enforcement?

5. In what ways has peacekeeping changed since the end of the Cold War?

6. In order to succeed, peacekeeping missions require clear mandates, effective command, political and financial support and the co-operation of the parties in conflict. Why have many missions failed?

7. How does the United Nations Standby Arrangement System (UNSAS) work?

8. Describe a SHIRBRIG in 25 words or more.

9. In the year 2000, over $700 billion was spent on military activities by the nations of the world. Estimate the amount spent on UN peacekeeping operations that year.

10. A recent international report sponsored by the Canadian Government calls for coercive military action in cases of potential large scale loss of life or ethnic cleansing. The report eschews the terminology 'right of humanitarian intervention' and replaces it with what phrase that is also the title of the report?

11.What do Lester Pearson (1957), the Blue Berets (1988), and Kofi Annan/ United Nations (2001) have in common?

12. What proportion of Canadian troops deployed in peace operations missions abroad are NOT serving under UN command?

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