Self Determination

When people pursue national self determination, they are trying to gain - or keep- the power to control their own affairs. They believe it is in their collective interest to make their own decisions about what will benefit them.

• True

• False

At one time, for example, Kosovo was part of Yugoslavia. When the

Yugoslav federation broke up in the 1990s, the area became a province of

Serbia. Then, in February 2008, Kosovo’s government declared _______.

• war

• independence

• innocence

• allegiance to the U.S.

In the 1990s, the conflict in Kosovo became so violent

that the ________ sent NATO troops to administer the province.

• Yugoslavia

• Soviet Union

• United States

• United Nations

As World War I was drawing to a close in 1918, American president

__________ supported what he called the “free self-determination of

nations.” He hoped this principle would lead to lasting peace in Europe.

• Donald Trump

• Chamberlain

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin Roosevelt

The debate over who has the right to self-determination — and what

this right means — is reflected in the charter of the ______.

• Rights and Freedoms

• United Nations

• French Republic

• League of Nations

What is one of the UN's purposes?

• "to ensure the security council retains control of international decision making"

• "to provide an economic advantage to third world countries."

• "to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace."

• All of the above

Navigating the realities that all nation states that belong to the UN have "sovereign equality" when people within those nation states want self determination is ____.

• Difficult (to put it mildly)

• Inconsequential

According to the International Court of Justice, which was established in _____ as part of the UN, the right to self determination is held by peoples as well as by governments.

• 1999

• 1945

• 1899

• 1960

Soon after Kosovo declared

independence, the UN Security Council held

emergency sessions to discuss the situation.

The Russian ambassador urged

Security Council members to declare

Kosovo’s declaration of independence “null

and void.” On April 1, UN secretary-general

said that UN forces would remain in Kosovo until the Security Council decided otherwise; in other words, Kosovo’s independence was not accepted by the UN,

even though many individual member states had recognized the area as an independent country. This is an example of...

• The national interests of other nations influencing UN decision making.

• The struggle of the UN's approach with the right to self determination and the right to a nation state's sovereign equality.

• Both A and B

What are some effects of pursuing national self determination?

• Decolonization

• Successor States

• Violence

• All of the above