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MJC/ JC2 PRELIM EXAMS 2013/ H1 HISTORY 8814 1 MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE JC 2 Preliminary Examination 2013 Higher 1 ___________________________________________________________________ H1 History 8814/01 International History, 1945 - 2000 19 September 2013 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. Write the number of the question that you are attempting in the margin of every sheet of paper used. Start each question on a fresh sheet of paper. At the end of the examination, fasten this cover sheet and all your answers (in chronological order) securely together. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. All questions in this paper carry 25 marks. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. Question Marks Total ___________________________________________________________________ This document consists of 4 printed pages. 100

MJC/ JC2 PRELIM EXAMS 2013/ H1 HISTORY 8814 2 SECTION A You must answer Question 1. THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1. Read the sources and then answer the question which follows. Source A A few days before the UN General Assembly was due to convene, an official from a Third World country said to me: “I don’t care if it’s illegal, we’ve got the votes.” This echoed almost exactly a comment made by a US representative at the UN in 1959. Some procedural decisions taken by the UN General Assembly last November certainly had a distinctly partisan flavor. The first arose from the growing frustration at the UN’s seeming impotence with regard to South Africa, including South Africa’s continued presence in Namibia and her military assistance to the Rhodesia Front regime. Sydney D. Bailey, “Some Procedural Problems in the UN General Assembly” in The World Today, Jan 1975 Source B There was a generally accepted view that the Cold War had held the UN hostage and frustrated its ability to function effectively. However, this perception may have been an exaggeration, as during the post-Cold War era the UN has had similar problems of controlling the domination of the USA, and has shown itself limited in achieving collective security through military action. Perhaps the Cold War was a ‘smoke-screen’ and the fundamental weakness of the United Nations is, and always was, the unwillingness of states to hand over some degree of sovereignty to an international organization. Adapted from Rogers and Thomas, ‘20 th Century World: The Cold War’, 2008 Source C Over the years since 1945, the United Nations has reflected the world outside. The Cold War between the Great Powers was being played out in the Security Council,