Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET July 2016 Political Science
Match List I (Terms) with List II (Contents) and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List I
- I. Preventive diplomacy
- II. Peace making
- III. Peacekeeping
- IV. Post-conflict peace building
List II
- a. Deployment of a UN force in the field with the consent of all parties, like classical peacekeeping
- b. Developing social, political and economic infrastructure to prevent further violence and consolidate peace
- c. Confidence-building measures, fact finding and preventive deployment of UN-authorised forces
- d. Designed to bring hostile parties to agreement essentially through peaceful means
AI-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b ✓ Correct
BI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
CI-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a
DI-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c
Correct answer: (A) I-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b — The correct match is I-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b.
Explanation
★The correct match is I-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b.
★Preventive diplomacy (I) uses confidence-building, fact-finding and preventive deployment, that is c.
★It tries to stop disputes from arising or escalating into conflict.
★Peace making (II) is designed to bring hostile parties to agreement by peaceful means, that is d.
★Peacekeeping (III) deploys a UN force with the consent of all parties, that is a.
★Post-conflict peace building (IV) develops infrastructure to consolidate peace, that is b.
★These four belong to Boutros-Ghali's 'An Agenda for Peace' (1992).
★They map the stages of the UN's role from prevention to lasting peace.
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