In 1956, the first large international peacekeeping force was dispatched to the Suez Canal area to keep ... to be on the brink of war. At the United Nations, Pearson proposed a striking solution.

The IMF's lending to the four countries directly involved in the 1956 Suez crisis, and particularly to the United ... One week later, however, Britain undercut the operation by accepting a United ...

In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud Arab nationalist determined to stand up to ...

Abstract: Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 and the failed attempt by France, Israel, and the United Kingdom to retake it by force constituted a serious political crisis with ...

In 1947, the United Nations adopted Resolution 181 ... Following the 1956 Suez Crisis and Israel’s invasion of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria signed mutual defense pacts ...

An official from the UN Conference on Trade and Development ... "And on top of all this, now we have the Red Sea crisis," he added. Red Sea route and the Suez Canal are "critical" for global ...

Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie has told shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk there are signs of stability returning to the Red Sea, and urged the company to take that into account when planning ...

United Nations peacekeeping was invented by Lester Pearson, then secretary of state for External Affairs, in the wake of the Suez Crisis. In 1956, Egypt moved to control and nationalize the Suez ...