Historical place archive

United Nations in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at United Nations in Canada. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records4 event labels3 people1956–1956

Historical events in United Nations

1956

1956
Suez Crisis
Lester Bowles Pearson · Government of Canada

Helps create a United Nations peacekeeping force during the Suez crisis.

November 1956
Suez Crisis
Lester Bowles Pearson · Government of Canada

Proposes a United Nations peacekeeping force during the Suez crisis.

2 November 1956
Emergency Force Concept Advanced at UN
Lester Pearson · Suez War

Pearson advances the proposal for an international emergency force to supervise a ceasefire and separation.

2 November 1956
UNEF
Lester Pearson · Suez War

Proposes a United Nations Emergency Force to separate the opposing forces in the Suez crisis.

5 November 1956
UNEF Command Accepted
E L M Burns · Suez War

Burns is selected to command the newly created United Nations Emergency Force.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Canada and United Nations. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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