MJC_JC2_H1_HIST_PE_QP_2008

8814/1 NAME: _______________________________ CIVICS GROUP:________________________ JC2 HISTORY H1 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2008 HISTORY 8814 International History, 1945-2000 17 September 2008 3 hours READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and civics group clearly on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black ball point pen on both sides of the paper. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. Start each question on a fresh sheet of paper. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions on this paper carry equal marks. Question Marks Total ______________________________________________________________ This document consists 4 printed pages. [Turn Over]

8814/1 2 SECTION A You must answer Question 1. THE UN AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 1. Read the sources and then answer the question. Source A Stressing the need further to strengthen international cooperation between states in order to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, [the General Assembly] solemnly declares the following: 1. The States Members of the United Nations solemnly reaffirm their unequivocal condemnation of all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, wherever and by whomsoever committed, including those which jeopardise friendly relations among States and peoples and threaten the territorial integrity and security of States. 2. The States Members of the United Nations reaffirm that acts, methods and practices of terrorism are contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations; they declare that knowingly financing, planning and inciting terrorist acts are also contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, at the 88 th Plenary Meeting of the UN in December 1996. Source B The issue of international terrorism has been discussed on and off in the public forum since the 1960s. However, the response of the United Nations to international terrorism has been far from spectacular. The political polarisation of the world makes it very unlikely that the United Nations will deliver a coordinated and effective policy on the subject. In Soviet perceptions, “terrorism” is only possible in capitalist societies. The Soviet Union has consistently applied the word “terrorist” to western state behaviour and frequently to attacks taking place on western soil against western targets. The Soviet Union has at no time condemned terrorist activities as a tactic in the larger geopolitical conflict, as long as that conflict could be regarded as “revolutionary” and therefore perpetrated by “freedom fighters”. A British author and expert on terrorism writing in his bo