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© Anderson Junior College 9731/01 & 8814/01 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and PDG on all the work you hand in, including this cover sheet. Write the question numbers of the questions attempted on this cover page. Write in dark blue or black pen. Start each answer on a fresh piece of writing paper. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. At the end of the examination, fasten the answer to each question separately , with this cover sheet attached on top of your answer to the first question. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. Name : __________________________________ PDG : __________________________________ This document consists of 5 printed pages, including this page. ANDERSON JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2014 Higher 2/1 HISTORY Paper 1 International History, 1945-2000 No Additional Materials are required. 9731/01 8814/01 Mon 01 September 2014 3 hours Question No. Marks Section A 1 /25 Section B /25 /25 /25 Total Marks: /100

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3 © Anderson Junior College 9731/01 & 8814/01 Section A You must answer Question 1. UN PEACEKEEPING IN THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD 1 Read the sources carefully before answering the question. Source A On a visit to R wanda, President Clinton said, ‘ We come here today partly in recognition of the fact that we in the U.S. and the world community did not do as much as we could have and should have done to try to limit what occurred in Rwanda. ’ This implied that the U.S. had done a good deal but not quite enough. In reality the U.S. did much more than fail to send troops. It led a successful effort to remove most of the UN peacekeepers who were already in Rwanda. It aggressively worked to block the subsequent authorization of UN reinforcements. It refused to use its technology to jam radio broadcasts t hat were a crucial instrument in the coordination and perpetuation of the genocide. And even as, on average, 8,000 Rwandans were being butchered each day, U.S. off icials shunned the term ‘genocide’ , for fear of being obligated to act. The United States in fact did virtually nothing to try to limit what occurred. Indeed, staying out of Rwanda was an explicit U.S. policy objective. A political commentary in an American magazine, 2001. Source B In these past months a conviction has grown, among na tions large and small, that an opportunity has been regained to achieve the great objectives of the Charter - a United Nations capable of maintaining international peace and sec urity, of securing justice and human rights and of promoting ‘social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom' .