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The purpose of the mission was to prevending the occurrence of civil war

Peacekeeping and mission

Outcome

Expenditures 400,1 million

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  • get
  • It ended in 1964 in may
  • Accomplished the mission

About 1800 canadians from 1960 to 1964 served among the 93,000 african peacekeepers with the United Nations Operations in the Congo

Ensure the withdrawal of Belgium forces from the Congo

Irish involvement

The united Nations was the peacekeeping of the mission in 1960-1964

  • They intervened to a considerable extent in the internal politics of the Congo
  • They advanced their strategic objectives

4 year, 31 august 1960 to may 1964

The Irish and Canadian involved

Why was the Canadian in the Congo?

245 military personal

5 international civilian state

about 1,800 Canadians from 1960 to 1964 served among the 93,000 predominantly African peacekeepers with the United Nations Operation in the Congo

Canadian involvement

  • 57 canadian Signal Unit arrived in the Congo on 2 September 1960 with 280 officers and men.
  • They received a very rude welcome
  • Canadian forces were perfectly suited for a peacekeeping mission in the Congo because they were bilingual, this allowed them to communicate with the mostly English speaking UN troops as well as the French-speaking Belgian and Congolese forces. They could also communicate with the Congolese people.
  • The standard uniform was a heavy bullswool tunic and trousers and the service rifle
  • A total of 6,000 Irish soldiers served in the Congo from 1960 until 1964, taking 26 casualties in that time
  • The Irish fought until their ammunition ran out, inflicting hundreds of casualties on their opponents while suffering only several wounded. However, an attempt by Irish and Swedish reinforcements to relieve them failed, and in the end, the besieged Irish troops were forced to surrender.

In the words of the author, Canadians “would do well to remember that foreign policy is ultimately driven less by altruism and more by concrete, realistic objectives and considerations. Spooner argues that Canada was part of ONUC more because it served Canadian interests (to support the UN and the principle of peacekeeping) than because of some sense of Canada as the altruistic international peacekeeper.

  • After Russia the Congo was identified as the next most critical trouble spot

United Nations Mission in the Congo (ONUC) 1960-1964

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