Ceasefire

In 1919, a successor to the 1913 militant nationalist organization, the Irish Volunteers, was formed with the purpose of using armed forces to turn over British rule in Ireland. The IRA, or Irish Republican Army, fought for independence from Britain through the employment of guerilla warfare and vicious war tactics to force the British officials to reconsider their rule. After negotiations with Great Britain, two autonomous political entities were formed: Northern Ireland and the Irish Free…

The Republic of South Sudan is known as the youngest and newest state of the international community. It gained independence on July 9, 2011 as a result of a 2005 peace deal that ended the longest-running civil war in Africa. However, a couple of years later crisis struck the new state during a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Riek Machar whom he sacked due to accusations of planning a coup. Machar denied the accusations but still mobilized a rebel force…

right after its birth. Fighting only lasted until June when a ceasefire was backed by the United Nations although during this time the Israelis gathered more arms from Czechoslovakia and began to demonstrate the delicateness of Ben-Gurion’s leadership and the fear the Jewish cause maybe vulnerable by internal divisions. The ceasefire ended in July with the Arabs resuming the fight however with the arrival of arms during the ceasefire Israel’s army had the upper hand and drove out the Arab armies…

Carnival is the birth of a whole new life; it is a time of joy and unity. Spectacular, outrageous events are planned throughout the span of the celebration. “Carnival festivities and the comic spectacles and ritual connected with them had an important place in the life of the medieval man (Mikhail Bakhtin, Rabelais)”. These over the top events won over the people’s hearts in the Renaissance and in the Middle Ages. During Carnival festivities, rules were thrown out the window and laugher was the…

1991 the Security Council passed resolution 687 mentioning terms for a ceasefire in the Persian Gulf. The Resolution required Iraq to comply with a number of demands of the Security Council. These demands included destruction of Iraqi chemical and biological weapons, on-site inspection of the same and non-acquisition of any weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons. Iraqi officials accepted the terms and a formal ceasefire agreement was signed between the United States and…

decided upon soon. To ensure the mandates success it is with great cooperation from the other present actors, I stress the urgency to press for Security Sector Reform. Mandate Recommendations All parties involved are demanding a mandate, ordering a ceasefire in Redland. There should be a call for an immediate and verifiable council that will put an end to the violence.…

continuation of war, but a ceasefire with a clear statement recognizing the aggressor or initiator of war (i.e. Iraq). For 8 years, the UN failed to do so by passing resolutions one after another without condemning Saddam for initiating the war and using chemical weapons against Iranians. Finally, the UN passed resolutions 619 and 620 in 1988; these were the only UN resolutions that condemned Iraq for initiating the war and using chemical weapons against Iranians. Iran accepted the ceasefire…

decisions turn Valley city into the wild, wild West.”) Luckily, Operation Ceasefire was created to deal with the 2012’s increase of crime rates. As the Fresno Bee states in its article, it is a “partnership among police, faith-based organizations and social service groups.” Their main goal was to, again going back to teens; persuade the “young men to give up their gang lifestyle.” With a community involved, the Operation Ceasefire went very well in forming “more than 100 neighborhood watches.”…

Nelson Mandela once said, “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner” (Mandela). This quote signifies everything wrong with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The Israelis and Palestinians have barely worked with each other, so they have not been able to make peace and they choose to remain enemies. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict had been on and off for 100 years. After World War II, six million Jews were killed, and the remaining…

the end of an era, and the beginning of a new one”. He actually called his army to freeze their military operation. This was a good step for beginning a negotiation and stop this bloody war, but after two years of ceasefire between PKK and the republic of Turkey, PKK broke the ceasefire in July 2015. In summary, I believe Turkey’s brutality against Kurds could be stops, if they look deeply about the consequences of this war. It’s too much expensive for them, it’s against of human’s right, and…