ets Cc There is much conflict between peoples and nations around the world. For this reason, the United Nations (UN) founded its peacekeeping. missions in 1956. The UN is an international organization of more than 190 nations. It tries to prevent and reduce conflict throughout the world, Peacekeeping forces In 1956, Lester Pearson led the Canadian delegation at the UN. A war had broken out between Britain, France, and Israel on one side, and Egypt on the other. The war threatened to expand, So Pearson proposed to the UN that troops from its member nations should go to the war zone as neutral peacekeepers, The proposal was accepted. The warring nations agreed to pull back, and the UN troops patrolled the area to Lester 8. Pearson. H144 Unit 3: Conflict and Change Canadian peacekeepers set out on patrol fram their base near the Eritrea-Ethiopia border maintain the peace. The UN troops wore the uniforms of the various countries they came from, but wore blue berets to mark them as peacekeepers. The UN has continued to send peacekeeping troops to places in conflict in the world, such as Somalia and Rwanda in Africa, and Cyprus and Bosnia in Europe. The peacekeepers’ role in international conflict is like @ mediator’s in personal conflict. The two sides are generally unable to keep the peace on their own. They need a neutral party to help them out. Canadian troops have acted as UN peacekeepers in more than 20 countries around the world, People in conflict zones regard them as fair and reliable. These are the qualities that peacekeepers and mediators needete daa You learned about how conflict and change are concepts that apply to individual lives and also to a nation’s history. You examined different types of conflict in the history of British North America, and you saw how individuals can resolve conflict in their own lives. You were encouraged to consider how our history might have been different if people in the 1800s had been able to use modern conflict-resolution techniques. per IG AUR er arta For this task you will work in a small group to try to solve a conflict in history. Follow these steps: 1, Review the seven steps for conflict resolution described on page H 143. Work together to make a chart or diagram that summarizes how the steps flow from startto finish. #@ 2. Choose one of the following conflicts that you have already studied: * conflicts between the First Nations peoples and French explorers such as Samuel de Champlain, 1620s and 1630s (Chapter 1) * the British expulsion of the Acadians from the Maritime colonies, 1755-1862 (Chapter 3) ‘* the dispute between the British and the ‘American colonists over taxes, leading to the American Revolution, 1776-1783 (Chapter 4) ‘* the War of 1812 (1812-1814), when the United States invaded Lower and Upper Canada (Chapter 6) 3. Divide your group into three. Some members will prepare to present the views of one side in the conflict, while others will handle the ‘opposing side. One member will prepare to act as the mediator. 4, Work together to organize a role-play in which the mediator sits down with both sides in the conflict. Although you must use historical facts, your conclusion can be different from what happened in history if you find a way in which the confict can be resolved. 5. Present the role-play. When you finish, make a brief statement about whether or not this conflict could actually have been solved using a mediator. @ Refer to pages S 2 and $ 12 of the Skills Too! Kit for help with the skills required for this assignment. Chapter 7: Conflict and Conflict Resolution Has