As the world goes to show you, there is and always will be hostility, violence, and disputes amongst people and nations. To be able to create peace in the world and to prevent war from breaking out, peace keeping missions are to be carried out and good relations are upheld with other countries. The Suez Canal Crisis was and urgent matter which arose in the 1950’s in which Canada established a key role in resolving and negotiating. Lester B. Pearson prevented any hasty actions from being made by the UN and other countries, Canada played a major role in both creating and contributing to making the United Nations Emergency Force, Canadians worked hard to restore Egypt to its former glory after the crisis had passed. Lester Pearson worked endlessly …show more content…
Pearson wanted Canada to be known as peace makers throughout the world and give Canada an even greater role as one the world’s powers. Canada contributed to creating the United Nations Emergency force. This concept was put forward by Lester Pearson in cooperation with Dag Hammarskjöld the Russian correspondent in the UN Security Council. The idea was to establish a military force for peace keeping controlled by the United Nations (UN) in an event of an international crisis. Although before the idea of a unanimous force could come through the entire united nations Security Council had to come to a decision on the matter. However no decision could be made final without the votes of the French and British; tensions were beginning to rise in Egypt for on the 29th of October 1956 the Israelis attacked taking over Sinai and the Gaza strip; this was the planned effort by Britain in which Israel was to attack on this day. An emergency meeting was called in early November 1956; the UN general assembly had to decide upon a resolution. They decided to call upon a ceasefire and the withdrawal of all foreign forces active in Egypt, by founding the United Nations Emergency Force to watch over all processes and to prevent hostilities in Egypt. A peacekeeping ceasefire was called, in Egypt before any real fighting could occur. Canada even offered to put in its own troops in the peacekeeping mission. After a battle is over the surrounding area is left in ruins, it is necessary to …show more content…
After the Suez Canal Crisis was resolved Canadians came and helped volunteer to make the surrounding areas more inhabitable. In November many soldiers worked hard to make the area more or less inhabitable. In March of 1958 the Israeli occupying the Gaza Strip and the Sharm el Sheikh area were given orders by their government to leave the area, Peacekeepers moved into these areas and setup a ten-year base which would serve greatly in monitoring, and contend to keeping the peace. After ten long years of policing and patrolling Egypt, President Gamal Nasser ordered all UNEF troops out of Egypt. After their diligent work in restoring the torn down country troopers left with their heads held high. Even after the UN troops were taken out of the country the United Nations Emergency Force Middle East (UNEFME) was setup and was also effectively used in another incident similar to Suez Crisis the Yom Kipper War. Overall the great efforts held up by Canadians and Lester B. Pearson made the UNEF a great success. For the efforts held up by Pearson he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peacekeeping in
Since the Confederation of Canada until today, the province of Quebec has always wanted become its own nation by separating from Canada. As a result, Canada’s scariest ever terrorist group, the Front de Libération de Quebec (FLQ), wrote the darkest chapter in Canadian history, The October Crisis. To end the terror, Canadian Prime Minister, Trudeau, was forced to invoke the War Measures Act (WMA) during his term in 1970 which was flawed with disapproval and controversy since it was the first time the Act was used during peacetime. However, despite the criticism, his decision to invoke the War Measures Act was reasonable because of the fear presented by the FLQ, the public and governmental demands, and the end result of the October Crisis.
“In 1957, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson for his pivotal role in the creation and deployment of the United Nations Emergency Force to the Sinai, bringing a relatively successful end to the Suez Crisis of 1956, and creating the concept of peacekeeping as it would be understood throughout the Cold War.” This instigated Canada’s dominant role in peacekeeping...
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Eleven years after the second world war, a crisis occurred which had the potential to escalate into a third world war. Hostilities ran high and the background causes that prompted this crisis contained the same fundamentals as were seen in the first and second world wars. Those being militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism; wrought by those countries that had an interest in the Suez Canal and the Arab states. In the world of superpowers in conflict, Canada made a name for itself through an innovative peacekeeping scheme, instead of aggression (Encyclopedia Britannica Online, 1999-2000). If Canada had not become involved in the Suez Crisis, as a neutral party, it could have escalated into a world war. The three components which add up to the conclusion of the Suez Crisis and a bench mark for Canada and world peacekeeping are: Canada's choice for those countries directly involved in the crisis, Canada's choice for involvement, and Canada's resolution of the United Nations Emergency Force, which would put a stop to a possible world war.
Just before the Great War, an opportunity arose which had the potential to ameliorate the exposed Canadian West Coast. Less than a week before hostilities commenced, Mr. J. V. Paterson, president of the Seattle Construction and Dryrock Company, was in Victoria on business. Mr. J.V Paterson's fateful presence in the Victoria's Union Club catalysed a series of events in which the availability of two submarines was not only realized by the locals but by also BC's pre...
participated in the war, by the end of the war, Canada was left with a very strong armed forces
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...in reasons that most political violence occurs, and how to resolves these conflicts of political violence. After the research was completed, it is very apparent that Canada has had a very positive impact on Afghanistan. There are not many countries who would continue to stay in the country after completing their time in battle. Although Canada was involved in the war against Afghanistan, the country itself still found it mandatory for troops to continue to serve in Afghanistan as peace makers. Canada is known for peace and freedom and this exemplifies just that. Canada is putting forth time, effort, and money, to improve the living conditions of those in Afghanistan and helping them build a sustainable, peaceful life that they can carry out for years to come. Every country will have its own corruption; the answer is to begin from the basics. Peace and security.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker was greatly distressed with the fact that the U.S. had chosen not to consult Canada about their plans for the Cuban Missile crisis. He was frustrated because it showed a lack of respect, it did not allow Canada sufficient time to prepare, and he was not sure if the U.S. was simply overreacting. This showed great disrespect to Canada, as Canada was the U.S.’s biggest ally. Through Canada’s commitment to NORAD and NATO, Canada was required to be consulted based on signed documents within the NORAD agreement. Consultation was necessary as Canada was the only country in the western hemisphere that shared a close military alliance with the Americans. While the situation was being monitored in Cuba, the President had time to consult Canada, but chose not to, as he saw Diefenbaker’s government as a ‘trivial slide show’. This crisis had serious implications for all of North America; Canadians found themselves at the brink of nuclear war without their consent and helpless to influence the course of events. Canada had no opportunity to offer its own vi...
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Pre-World War One, Canada was looked upon not only by foreigners, but also by Canadians, as being just a British Colony.
...ed to nationalize the Suez Canal through which three fourths of all European oil is passed. After several months of negotiations Britain, France and Israel attacked Egypt and retook the canal. United Nations condemned their actions and forced them to give up the canal to Egypt once again. As a result of the Eisenhower convinced Congress to approve the Eisenhower Doctrine that would “assist any nation in the region that required aid against aggression from any nation controlled by International Communism.” The Eisenhower administration was very careful not to alienate any Middle Eastern countries that could provide the country with a steady supply of oil and this affected his foreign policy and the policy of containment.
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The lives and prosperity of millions of people depend on peace and, in turn, peace depends on treaties - fragile documents that must do more than end wars. Negotiations and peace treaties may lead to decades of cooperation during which disputes between nations are resolved without military action and economic cost, or may prolong or even intensify the grievances which provoked conflict in the first place. In 1996, as Canada and the United States celebrated their mutual boundary as the longest undefended border in the world, Greece and Turkey nearly came to blows over a rocky island so small it scarcely had space for a flagpole.1 Both territorial questions had been raised as issues in peace treaties. The Treaty of Ghent in 1815 set the framework for the resolution of Canadian-American territorial questions. The Treaty of Sevres in 1920, between the Sultan and the victorious Allies of World War I, dismantled the remnants of the Ottoman Empire and distributed its territories. Examination of the terms and consequences of the two treaties clearly establishes that a successful treaty must provide more than the absence of war.