Unit 6 addresses some of the key challenges facing the global community at the end of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. Pressing issues such as security, human rights, terrorism, arms proliferation, re-emergent nationalism, United Nations peacemaking/peacekeeping and the European Union are topics for examination.
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Here are the video supplements for the four case studies examined in greater detail in the powerpoint for this unit.
Case Study 1: Yugoslavia
Sector Sarajevo
Sector Sarajevo is the untold story of Canada's deadly mission in a city under siege. In summer 1992, Canadian soldiers are sent in to the Yugoslav city of Sarajevo as part of a UN peacekeeping mission -- but in a nightmare situation, they break the rules and use deadly force to confront warlords and kill snipers. Video Link
The Shame of Srebrenica
A CBS 60 minutes video from 1999 as Bob Simon goes back to the scene of the massacre and then to Holland to speak with the Dutch soldiers who stood by and watched it happen Video Link
Case Study 2: Somalia
Sector Sarajevo
Sector Sarajevo is the untold story of Canada's deadly mission in a city under siege. In summer 1992, Canadian soldiers are sent in to the Yugoslav city of Sarajevo as part of a UN peacekeeping mission -- but in a nightmare situation, they break the rules and use deadly force to confront warlords and kill snipers. Video Link
The Shame of Srebrenica
A CBS 60 minutes video from 1999 as Bob Simon goes back to the scene of the massacre and then to Holland to speak with the Dutch soldiers who stood by and watched it happen Video Link
Case Study 2: Somalia
Case Study 3: Rwanda
CBC Archives Blue Berets: Genocide in Rwanda. Lt.-Gen. Romeo Dallaire recalls the horror and failure of the Rwanda peacekeeping mission.
Somalia and Rwanda Textbook Review Questions
Case Study 4: India Pakistan Conflict
Somalia and Rwanda Textbook Review Questions
Case Study 4: India Pakistan Conflict
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Terrorism, 9/11, and the War on Terror
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Below are some notable terrorist attacks / activities since 9 / 11
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The War on Terror
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