2019/2020
International Organisations in
the Middle East
RIANNE VAN MIERLO
SUMMARY ON UNITED NATIONS: A HISTORY (STANLEY MEISLER)
,International Organisations in the Middle East 2019/2020
Table of Contents
TIMELINE ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
CH 1 THE BEGINNINGS: FROM DUMBARTON OAKS TO SAN FRANCISCO ......................................................... 5
CH 2 RALPH BUNCHE AND THE INFANT STATE OF ISRAEL ............................................................................... 8
CH 6 SUEZ: THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT........................................................................................................... 11
CH 10 THE SIX-DAY WAR .............................................................................................................................. 14
CH 12 ZIONISM IS RACISM ........................................................................................................................... 16
CH 15 THE PERSIAN GULF WAR .................................................................................................................... 18
CH 16 BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI ................................................................................................................ 21
CH 21 AMERICA DEFIES THE U.N. AND INVADES IRAQ .................................................................................. 26
EPILOGUE: THE ARAB SPRING ...................................................................................................................... 30
Exam
Two parts:
• Part I – Number of questions on Meisler (5 questions)
o Essay question on themes of the books; also include your own critical analysis and
independent thinking
• Part II – number of questions regarding the weekly literature (5 questions)
o Consist of a number of quotations from the literature; asked questions about these
quotations
o Review the weekly assignments (much is already discussed)
o I.e., quote from the Charter of the United Nations; analyse this quote
You are expected to know the core elements, general themes and most important arguments related to the
themes. Answer the question thoroughly; good formulation, enough coherence, use good wording/terms;
perhaps use draft paper to make sure your final answer has a good essay answer.
Essay question answer:
• Short introduction
• Answer the question; arguments (perhaps pro- and con), terms, years, names, etc.
• Short conclusion
Summary
Year
Name
Term
Rianne van Mierlo – Middle Eastern MA 1
, International Organisations in the Middle East 2019/2020
Timeline
Date Event
1869 Ferdinand de Lesseps finishes the construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt
1917 November 2 Balfour Declaration between Arthur J. Balfour and Lord Rothchild
1922 Endorsement of Balfour Declaration with the 1922 Resolution establishing the
British mandate of Palestine
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo, Egypt
United Nations emerges
1944 August 21 Dumbarton Oaks Conference began
October 7 Dumbarton Oaks Conference ended
1945 January 4-11 Yalta Conference
April 25 San Francisco Conference began
June 25 UN Charter approved
July 28 UN Charter ratified
October 24 UN Charter came into force (October 24; birthday of the UN)
Issue on Palestine
1946 1946 Ralph Bunche became director of trusteeship division UN Secretariat
July Irgun attacked King David Hotel in Jerusalem, 99 death
1947 May UN founded the Special Committee on Palestine
November Partition report (majority report) on Palestine approved
1948 January Arab Liberation Army entered Palestine
February Irgun and Stern Gang attacked Jerusalem, 52 death
March 18 US President Truman and Chaim Weizmann (leader world Zionist movement) met
May 14 Medinath Yisrael; the British withdrew, and Israeli state was officially proclaimed
June 9 Arab-Israeli truce signed; initiated by Ralph Bunche and Count Bernadotte, first UN
military observer group
September 16 Count Folk Bernadotte assassinated by Stern Gang
1949 January 13 Bunch initiated Rhodes negotiation talks with Arab-Israeli delegates
1950 Bunch received noble price
Egypt’s Suez Crisis
1951 Free Officers in Egypt abdicate King Faruk; Egypt becomes republic
1954 Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes president of Egypt
1955 July 19 Ambassador Ahmed Hussein convinces Nasser to accept funds from US to build
Aswan dam; US Secretary of State John Dulles says the proposal has been
cancelled; Nasser is furious
July 26 Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal
1956 October 5 7 foreign ministers open the debate of the Suez-crisis in the Security Council
October 22-24 Protocol of Sèvres; Secret meetings Suez-crisis between UK, France and Israel
Rianne van Mierlo – Middle Eastern MA 2
International Organisations in
the Middle East
RIANNE VAN MIERLO
SUMMARY ON UNITED NATIONS: A HISTORY (STANLEY MEISLER)
,International Organisations in the Middle East 2019/2020
Table of Contents
TIMELINE ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
CH 1 THE BEGINNINGS: FROM DUMBARTON OAKS TO SAN FRANCISCO ......................................................... 5
CH 2 RALPH BUNCHE AND THE INFANT STATE OF ISRAEL ............................................................................... 8
CH 6 SUEZ: THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT........................................................................................................... 11
CH 10 THE SIX-DAY WAR .............................................................................................................................. 14
CH 12 ZIONISM IS RACISM ........................................................................................................................... 16
CH 15 THE PERSIAN GULF WAR .................................................................................................................... 18
CH 16 BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI ................................................................................................................ 21
CH 21 AMERICA DEFIES THE U.N. AND INVADES IRAQ .................................................................................. 26
EPILOGUE: THE ARAB SPRING ...................................................................................................................... 30
Exam
Two parts:
• Part I – Number of questions on Meisler (5 questions)
o Essay question on themes of the books; also include your own critical analysis and
independent thinking
• Part II – number of questions regarding the weekly literature (5 questions)
o Consist of a number of quotations from the literature; asked questions about these
quotations
o Review the weekly assignments (much is already discussed)
o I.e., quote from the Charter of the United Nations; analyse this quote
You are expected to know the core elements, general themes and most important arguments related to the
themes. Answer the question thoroughly; good formulation, enough coherence, use good wording/terms;
perhaps use draft paper to make sure your final answer has a good essay answer.
Essay question answer:
• Short introduction
• Answer the question; arguments (perhaps pro- and con), terms, years, names, etc.
• Short conclusion
Summary
Year
Name
Term
Rianne van Mierlo – Middle Eastern MA 1
, International Organisations in the Middle East 2019/2020
Timeline
Date Event
1869 Ferdinand de Lesseps finishes the construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt
1917 November 2 Balfour Declaration between Arthur J. Balfour and Lord Rothchild
1922 Endorsement of Balfour Declaration with the 1922 Resolution establishing the
British mandate of Palestine
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo, Egypt
United Nations emerges
1944 August 21 Dumbarton Oaks Conference began
October 7 Dumbarton Oaks Conference ended
1945 January 4-11 Yalta Conference
April 25 San Francisco Conference began
June 25 UN Charter approved
July 28 UN Charter ratified
October 24 UN Charter came into force (October 24; birthday of the UN)
Issue on Palestine
1946 1946 Ralph Bunche became director of trusteeship division UN Secretariat
July Irgun attacked King David Hotel in Jerusalem, 99 death
1947 May UN founded the Special Committee on Palestine
November Partition report (majority report) on Palestine approved
1948 January Arab Liberation Army entered Palestine
February Irgun and Stern Gang attacked Jerusalem, 52 death
March 18 US President Truman and Chaim Weizmann (leader world Zionist movement) met
May 14 Medinath Yisrael; the British withdrew, and Israeli state was officially proclaimed
June 9 Arab-Israeli truce signed; initiated by Ralph Bunche and Count Bernadotte, first UN
military observer group
September 16 Count Folk Bernadotte assassinated by Stern Gang
1949 January 13 Bunch initiated Rhodes negotiation talks with Arab-Israeli delegates
1950 Bunch received noble price
Egypt’s Suez Crisis
1951 Free Officers in Egypt abdicate King Faruk; Egypt becomes republic
1954 Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes president of Egypt
1955 July 19 Ambassador Ahmed Hussein convinces Nasser to accept funds from US to build
Aswan dam; US Secretary of State John Dulles says the proposal has been
cancelled; Nasser is furious
July 26 Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal
1956 October 5 7 foreign ministers open the debate of the Suez-crisis in the Security Council
October 22-24 Protocol of Sèvres; Secret meetings Suez-crisis between UK, France and Israel
Rianne van Mierlo – Middle Eastern MA 2
