1. Role of UN in peacekeeping

2. Yes The UN has helped prevent many conflicts from flaring up into full-scale wars and negotiated the peaceful settlement of conflicts: the Berlin crisis (1948-1949), the Cuban missile crisis (1962) and the 1973 Middle East crisis. In each of these cases, UN intervention helped prevent war between the super- powers The UN also played a major role in ending wars in: the Congo (1964), between Iran and Iraq (1988), in El Salvador (1992) and Guatemala (1996). Mozambique (1994); independence to Timor-Leste (2002) December 2005, in Sierra Leone Other accomplishments include: The UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) supervised Namibia’s first free and fair elections, leading to its independence. In Cambodia, the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) monitored a ceasefire and withdrawal of foreign forces, supervised various government offices and organized a free and fair election. In the former Yugoslavia, the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) worked to protect the civilians in demilitarized zones and to enable the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

3.  Yes  The UN has helped prevent many conflicts from flaring up into full-scale wars and negotiated the peaceful settlement of conflicts:  the Berlin crisis (1948-1949),  the Cuban missile crisis (1962) and  the 1973 Middle East crisis.  In each of these cases, UN intervention helped prevent war between the super-powers   The UN also played a major role in ending wars in:  the Congo (1964),  between Iran and Iraq (1988),  in El Salvador (1992) and Guatemala (1996).  Mozambique (1994);  independence to Timor-Leste (2002)  December 2005, in Sierra Leone  Other accomplishments include:  The UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) supervised Namibia’s first free and fair elections, leading to its independence.  In Cambodia, the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) monitored a ceasefire and withdrawal of foreign forces, supervised various government offices and organized a free and fair election.  In the former Yugoslavia, the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) worked to protect the civilians in demilitarized zones and to enable the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

4.  Other accomplishments include:  The UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) supervised Namibia’s first free and fair elections, leading to its independence.  In Cambodia, the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) monitored a ceasefire and withdrawal of foreign forces, supervised various government offices and organized a free and fair election.  In the former Yugoslavia, the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) worked to protect the civilians in demilitarized zones and to enable the delivery of humanitarian assistance.