Freedom and AnarchyAs the uncertain peace following the end of the Cold War dawns upon the world, the role of the United Nations in becoming a major factor in solving conflict and bringing stability is moving to the forefront of world attention. This book, in great detail, describes the intervention of the United Nations in the Congo (now Zaire). At the time, this intervention was the largest in the history of the United Nations. As the threats to international peace seem to mushroom, this superb book details the players, the actions, the emotions and the accomplishments of this crucially significant historical achievement. |
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Page 54 - Declares that the entry of the United Nations force into the Province of Katanga is necessary for the full Implementation of this resolution ; 4. Reaffirms that the United Nations force in the Congo will not be a party to or In any way intervene in or be used to Influence the outcome of any internal conflict, constitutional or otherwise ; 5.
Page 33 - In any event and quite apart from the financial difficulty, I believe that a further extension of the stay of the Force in the Congo would provide no solution to the remaining problems of the Congo. The current difficulties in that country reflect conflicts of an internal political nature with their main origins found in the absence of a genuine and sufficiently widespread sense of national identity among the various ethnic groups composing the population of the Congo. There is little assistance...
Page 15 - ... administrative officer he was, and yet he clearly believed that the Charter left him no choice. As he wrote in the Introduction to his last "Annual Report:" It is a thankless and easily misunderstood role for the Organization to remain neutral in ... a situation of domestic conflict and to provide assistance only by protecting the rights and possibilities of the people to find their own way, but it remains the only manner in which the Organization can serve its proclaimed purpose of furthering...
Page 67 - My dear compatriots, I wish to explain the situation in view of the false reports circulating . . . the United Nations is at present engaged in withdrawing military personnel of foreign nationality serving in the Katanga gendarmerie. The Government bows to the decisions of the United Nations.
Page 65 - Urges that measures be taken for the immediate withdrawal and evacuation from the Congo of all Belgian and other foreign military and paramilitary personnel and political advisers not under the United Nations Command, and mercenaries; 3.
Page 34 - An examination of the general situation prevailing in the Congo since August 1961 shows that the ANC is still insufficiently trained and officered to cope with any major crisis. Most of the Congolese troops still show, in emergency situations, inadequate discipline and devotion to duty or country. Good officers, who are competent and earnest, would seem to be the exception rather than the rule. The result is that there is little authority at the top and little soldierly spirit...
Page 34 - September 1963, the time has come when the Government of the Congo will have to assume full responsibility for security, law and order in its country as well as for its territorial integrity. The United Nations cannot permanently protect the Congo, or any other country, from the internal tensions and disturbances created by its own organic growth toward unity and nationhood. This is an undertaking which henceforth must be carried out only by the Government and the people of the Congo.
Page 69 - August, which had been endorsed by Mr Tshombe, had been only partially successful. Intimidation against the UN had been increasing . . . There was a danger that with the assistance of these foreigners an organized underground movement might be built up.
Page 62 - For Mr. Kasavubu and his aides had handed over Mr. Lumumba and his colleagues to the Katanga authorities knowing full well, in doing so, that they were throwing them into the hands of their bitterest political enemies.
Page 65 - Urges that Congolese armed units and personnel should be re-organized and brought under discipline and control, and arrangements be made on impartial and equitable bases to that end and with a view to the elimination of any possibility of interference by such units and personnel in the political life of the Congo; 3.