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Suez Crisis and Peacekeeping

Suez Crisis and Peacekeeping. Suez Canal. The Suez Canal, located and owned by Egypt, connects the Red Sea, the Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea, allowing world trade goods to be moved around the world in record time. 1875- d ebt forced Egypt to sell shares for Suez Canal to United Kingdom

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Suez Crisis and Peacekeeping

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  1. Suez Crisis and Peacekeeping

  2. Suez Canal • The Suez Canal, located and owned by Egypt, connects the Red Sea, the Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea, allowing world trade goods to be moved around the world in record time. • 1875-debt forced Egypt to sell shares for Suez Canal to United Kingdom • 1888-international convention resulted in internationalization of Suez Canal, allowing all ships from any nation to use it • July 26, 1956-Egypt regained control of the Canal and Egyptian President Abdul Nasser nationalized it, imposing tariffs on it in order to raise money to pay for the Aswan Dam, a project that the British and French originally agreed to help pay for but backed out of.

  3. The Crisis • conflicts arose over use and control of Suez Canal after its nationalization • October 29, 1956-Israel, which was newly formed, as well as Britain and France’s military forces, tried to regain control of the Suez Canal. They believed that the Suez region should be a neutral zone and that everyone should be able to use the Canal freely. Egypt was defeated within 10 days and the British and French regained control of the Suez Canal, but Egypt retaliated by sinking 40 ships in Suez Canal, blocking off all of its passages.

  4. Lester B. Pearson’s Peacekeeping Solution • Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs at the time, created a peacekeeping solution to end the dispute over the Suez Canal, winning the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his work and becoming the Prime Minister of Canada in 1963. • His solution involved the creation of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), which was a peacekeeping force that was placed between Egyptian and Israeli armies to prevent the outbreak of war. Eventually, France and Britain were forced to back down by the UN and in March of 1957, Egypt was given back control of the Canal on the terms that they allowed it to be used internationally once again.

  5. Significance for Canadians • Lester B. Pearson’s solution was the beginning of peacekeeping missions, making the United Nations Emergency Force the first of its kind to be used. As well as this, it changed the perception of Canada so that it became known as being a peacekeeping nation and it contributed to Canada’s new status of being a Middle Power. • As a result of this solution, peacekeeping has become the traditional way of resolving conflicts around the world, which shows just how large of an impact Lester B. Pearson actually made on the world.

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