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People Power and Post War Politics

People Power and Post War Politics. Part A Global Citizen. By S. Angelo Head Teacher History East Hills Girls Technology High School. Australia’s Global Participation. World War II United Nations UN General Assembly UNESCO UNICEF World Health Organisation

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People Power and Post War Politics

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  1. People Power and Post War Politics Part A Global Citizen By S. Angelo Head Teacher History East Hills Girls Technology High School

  2. Australia’s Global Participation • World War II • United Nations • UN General Assembly • UNESCO • UNICEF • World Health Organisation • International Labour Organisation • Independent Actions – East Timor, Solomon Islands

  3. United Nations • Established post WWII • Peacekeeping Role • Member Nations • Role of Australia

  4. UN Establishment post WWII • Failure of the League of Nations • No military forces • Unable to enforce sanctions • 3 most powerful nations were not involved • Russia, Germany, America • Article 11 – failure to act in international conflict (Italy 1919; Teschen 1919; Vilna 1920; Russo-Poland 1920-21; Ruhr 1923; Italy - Albania 1923; WWII 1939 – 45)

  5. Source Study 1:UN Tour • http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/untour

  6. Member Nations http://www.un.org/members/list.shtml Original Members 1945 Poland Russian Federation Saudi Arabia South Africa Syrian Arab Republic Turkey Ukraine UK USA Uraguay Venezuala Lebanon Liberia Luxemburg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Parguay Peru Philippines Ecuador Egypt El Salvidor Ethiopia France Greece Guatemala Haiti Honduras India Iraq Argentina Australia Belarus Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Denmark Dominican Republic

  7. Role of Australia • Dr H.V. Evatt • High Court Judge • Attorney General • Minister for External Affairs • Leader of ALP • Helped draw up UN charter • Signed UN Charter 26/6/1945 • President of the UN General Assembly 1948 – 49 • Chairperson of Atomic Energy Commission • Helped draft UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 • Raised Australia’s global status

  8. Australia & International Actions • Korean War (1950 – 53) • Malayan Campaign (1948 – 1960) • Vietnam War (1962 – 1972) • Sinai Emergency Force (1976 – 1979) • Gulf War (1990 – 1991) • Afghanistan War (2001) • Iraq War (2003)

  9. Australia & International Actions • Kashmir (1950 – 1985) • Israel (1956 – present) • Sinai (1982 – 1986) • Cambodia (1989 – 1993) • Somalia (1992 – 1995) • Rwanda (1994 – 1995) • Bougainville (1997 – present) • East Timor (1999 – present)

  10. Peacekeeping Role United Nations Good Offices Commission (UNGOC) in the Dutch East Indies& United Nations Commission for Indonesia (UNCI). UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1949-Present UN India-Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM) 1965-1966 UN Commission on Korea (UNCOK): 1948-1950 UN Command -  Korea (UNC- K): 1950 - 1956

  11. UN Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) 1953 - Present UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO): 1948 - Present United Nations Disengagement Force (UNDOF), 1974 – Present United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC): 1960-1964 UN Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA): 1962-1963(United Nations Security Force (UNSF) in West New Guinea (West Irian)) United Nations Yemen Observer Mission (UNYOM) UN Emergency Force Two (UNEF II): 1973-1979 Commonwealth Monitoring Force, Rhodesia (CMFR: 1979-1980) Australian Army Contingent – The Commonwealth Military Training Team - UGANDA (1982-1984)

  12. Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) 1982-present UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG): 1988-1990 UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG): 1989-1990 First Maritime Interception Force (MIF 1): 1990-1991 Multinational Forces in Iraq-Kuwait (MNF (I-K)): 1991 Second Maritime Interception Force (MIF II): 1991 - Present UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) Operation Provide Comfort (Iraq

  13. Peacekeeping Role UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) UN Advanced Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC)/UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) Cambodia Mine Action Centre (CMAC) UN Protection Force in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia (UNPROFOR) OPERATION OSIER – NATO Interim Force ( IFOR) & NATO Stabilisation Force (SFOR)  in BOSNIA NATO FORCE IN KOSOVO (KFOR) First UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM I) 1992-1993 Unified Task Force in Somalia (UNITAF): 1992-1993 Second UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II) 1993-1996 UN Mine Clearance Training Team (UNMCTT) The United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda (UNAMIR II) United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)

  14. United Status Forces in Haiti United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) OPERATION LAGOON – South Pacific Peacekeeping Force (SPPKF) Truce Monitoring Group and Peace Monitoring Group – Bougainville OPERATION BEL-ISI (I&II) Multinational Military Deployment OPERATION POLLARD – KUWAIT Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Operations - Pacific Region Operation PLES DRAI UN Advance Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) 1999 International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) International Peace Monitoring Team – Solomon Islands The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) Australian Contingent – The War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)

  15. Australia and UNESCO Constitution of UNESCO signed on 16 November 1945 ratified by twenty countries Australia Brazil Canada China Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt France Greece India Lebanon Mexico New Zealand Norway Saudi Arabia South Africa Turkey United Kingdom United • http://www.dfat.gov.au/intorgs/unesco/#apd Education Natural Sciences Social and Human Sciences Culture Communication & Information

  16. Australia and the International Labour Organisation • http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm • http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/info/termination/countries/australia.htm

  17. Source Study 2 >Source 7.1 p 344 (Experience of a Nation) > Analysis of Sources 7.3 – 7.7 pp 286 - 289(Australia in the 20th Century) 1 - 3 • Sources 9.1.1 & 9.1.2 p.230 (Retroactive 2)

  18. Australia & the UN 2009 • Source: The New Australian Foreign Policy • http://international-politics.suite101.com/article.sfm/the_new_australian_foreign_policy • Source : Rudd targets UN Council seat • http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rudd-targets-un-council-seat/2008/03/30/1206850709759.html • Source: Is there room for Rudd at the table? (The Australian 26/3/09) • Source: Australia joins UN racism conference boycott

  19. ACTIVITIES • Ch 7: Experience of a Nation p.348 1 – 6 • Ch 9: History Zone 2 p.267 1 – 4 • Ch 7: Australia in the 20th Century p.285 2 - 7

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