MI_PU2_H1_HISTORY

Class Adm No Candidate Name: This question paper consists of 4 printed pages. [Turn over 2014 Preliminary Examination 2 Pre-university 3 H2 HISTORY 9731/1 8814 15 September 2014 3 hours Additional Materials: Answer Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Begin each question on a fresh sheet of writing paper. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any THREE questions. All questions in this paper carry equal marks.

2 Section A You must answer Question 1. UN INVOLVEMENT IN BOSNIA - HEZERGOVINA 1. Read the following sources and then answer the question which follows. When answering Question 1 candidates are advised to pay particular attention to the interpretation and evaluation of sources both individually and as a group. Source A 1. Decides to authorize an increase in the strength of United Nations Mission in Bosnia Herzegovina (UNMIBH) by 186 police and 11 civilian personnel, in the light of the recommendation of the Secretary -General concerning the role of the United Nations International Police Task Force (UN-IPTF) in Brcko contained in his report of 14 March 1997, and in order to enable it to carry out its mandate set out in Annex 11 of the Peace Agreement and resolution 1088 (1996) of 12 December 1996; 2. Acknowledges the importance of ensuring that the UN-IPTF is able to carry out all the tasks with which it has been entrusted, in particular those tasks set out in the conclusions of the London Conference and agreed by the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and decides to consider expeditiously the recommendations of the Secretary-General concerning those tasks contained in his report of 14 March 1997; 3. Urges Member States, with the support of the Secretary -General, to provide qualified police monitors and other forms of assistance and support to the UN-IPTF and in support of the Peace Agreement; United Nations Security Council Resolution, 1997. Source B Twenty years have passed after the establishment of the first ad hoc Tribunal in the international relations and the tenth anniversary of entering into force of the Rome Statute by which the first permanent International Criminal Tribunal in Hague was established. The fact that the United Nations decided to create several ad hoc, hybrid and special tribunals, confirmed the determination of this world organization to ensure peace, security and respect for human rights in the world, by criminal prosecution of all the perpetrators of war crime s and crimes against humanity. Transitional ad hoc international criminal tribunals are relatively new legal mechanism in the international relations to enable rendering a final and