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Congo Crisis: UN Intervention & Cold War Impact

Explore Belgians' legacy in the Congo, Congo Crisis events, UN intervention, leaders, and Cold War implications with key players like Lumumba and Mobutu. Understand the power vacuum, violence against Europeans, Katanga secession, and the impact on the Secretary-General role at the UN. Discover how differing views led to chaos and ongoing issues in the Congo. Witness the struggle for unity, humanitarian aid, and Mobutu's anti-communist stance supported by the US, all against the backdrop of the Cold War. Dive into the complexities of this historical period and its enduring significance in modern politics.

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Congo Crisis: UN Intervention & Cold War Impact

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  1. Belgians in the Congo By Ashton, Rebecca, and Jorja

  2. WAKANDA

  3. Background to the Congo Crisis • Congo under Belgian control before WWII; left June 1960 • No strong national identity • Power vacuum→military mutiny→New gov’t lasted 2 weeks • Violence against Europeans • Katanga seceded PM Lumumba (Congo) and PM Eyskens (Belgium)

  4. Description • UN- Withdraw troops, ONUC, resolution 143, 10,000 troops • Lumumba appealed to USSR to reunify, failed • U.S. funded overthrow by Mobutu • United by Adoula, wanted UN help to unify • August 1961 - 5000 UN troops failed in Katanga • September 1961 - UN Secretary General died • New SG led Grand Slam → Success! U Thant, UN Secretary General

  5. WAKANDA KATANGA

  6. Effects of the Congo Crisis • Secretary general vital to make policies in UN • Reveals success of UN force • UN provided humanitarian aid→prevented disease and famine • USSR proposed new leadership in UN→lost popular support • Differing views created chaos and is still a problem today Congo opposition supporters demonstrate in rally against modern day president

  7. Terms and People • PM Patrice Lumumba • Moise Tshombe • Colonel Joseph Mobutu • Cyrille Adoula • Dag Hammarskjöld • U Thant Plane crash that killed Dag Hammarskjöld

  8. Impact on Cold War • Defined role of UN Secretary General • Mobutu seen as anti-communist→supported by US • UN could use force if necessary Mobutu and Nixon

  9. WAKANDA

  10. Works Cited Hurst, Ryan. “Congo Civil War.” BlackPast (15 July 2009) https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/congo-civil-war-1960-1964/ Willame, Jean-Claude. “Patrice Lumumba: La Crise Congolaise Revisté.” Congopresse (1960). Accessed on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congo “U Thant.” United Nations Secretary General. (n.d) https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/u-thant “US: Political Crisis Building in Democratic Republic of Congo.” VOA (10 February 2016). https://www.voanews.com/a/us-political-crisis-building-remocratic-republic-congo/3185552.html

  11. WAKANDA FOREVER!

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