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- Racial Intergration Inside Forces (1951-1954)
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The Korean War was one of the toughest test that the United Nations had to go through. In the summer of 1950 North Korea suddenly attacked and invaded South Korea with no provocation. The United States wanted this event brought before the Security Council of the United Nations. The reason for Korea's split into two nations was because during World War II, South Korea was controlled by America with the northern half controlled by Russia. North and South Korea remained divided as two separate countries after the war, with the United Nations left to oversee the elections of the new leaders of North and South Korea. The United Nations approved the election of South Korea’s new leader but disapproved of North Korea’s election. When North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, the Security Council met and the U.S. claimed that North Korea had broken world peace by attacking South Korea. Nine out of the eleven countries supported the U.S.’s request for North Korea to withdraw from South Korea. With the Soviet's backing, North Korea refused.
Source: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/united_nations_korean_war.htm