Oh American..

[Sava]

The UN entered the Korean conflict to repel the North Korean invasion, not to topple the North Korean gevernment. Their goal was acheived.

so failure is the UN's goal

couldn't have put it better myself

Also, I think the mission became that after they failed.

[Dr Strangelove]

Can you produce documentation that the UN's goal was to depose the North Korean government?

[Sava]

Can you produce documentation that the UN's goal was to depose the North Korean government?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_82

the results sought to be achieved by the United Nations in bringing about the complete independence and unity of Korea

So yeah... the UN failed.

Thanks for playing.

[Dr Strangelove]

Let's take a look at the whole actual resolution.

The Security Council,
Recalling the finding of the General Assembly in its resolution 293 (IV) of 21 October 1949 that the Government of the Republic of Korea is a lawfully established government having effective control and jurisdiction over that Part of Korea where the United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea was able to observe and consult and in which the great majority of the people of Korea reside; that this Government is based on elections which were a valid expression of the free will of the electorate of that part of Korea and which were observed by the Temporary Commission, and that this is the only such Government in Korea,

Mindful of the concern expressed by the General Assembly in its resolutions 195 (III) of 12 December 1948 and 293 (IV) of 21 October 1949 about the consequences which might follow unless Member States refrained from acts derogatory to the results sought to be achieved by the United Nations in bringing about the complete independence and unity of Korea; and the concern expressed that the situation described by the United Nations Commission on Korea in its report menaces the safety and well-being of the Republic of Korea and of the people of Korea and might lead to open military conflict there,

Noting with grave concern the armed attack on the Republic of Korea by forces from North Korea,

Determines that this action constitutes a breach of the peace; and

I
Calls for the immediate cessation of hostilities;

Calls upon the authorities in North Korea to withdraw forthwith their armed forces to the 38th parallel;

II
Requests the United Nations Commission on Korea:

(a) To communicate its fully considered recommendations on the situation with the least possible delay;

(b) To observe the withdrawal of North Korean forces to the 38th parallel;

(c) To keep the Security Council informed on the execution of this resolution:

III
Calls upon all Member States to render every assistance to the United Nations in the execution of this resolution and. to refrain from giving assistance to the North Korean authorities.

−text of UN Security Council Resolution 82

The phrase you quoted out of context refers to two General Assembly resolutions prior to the outbreak of hostilities. It does not define the UN's goals during the Korean conflict, those goals are outlined in Part II of UN Security Council Resolution 82.

[Sava]

Let's take a look at the whole actual resolution.



The phrase you quoted out of context refers to two General Assembly resolutions prior to the outbreak of hostilities. It does not define the UN's goals during the Korean conflict, those goals are outlined in Part II of UN Security Council Resolution 82.

You can split hairs all you want. The goal of the UN was a unified Korea... i.e. the complete defeat of the North.

They failed.

End of story.

Feel free to start an alternate history fiction thread if you want to continue to believe otherwise.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Sava, troll about something else.

[Sava]

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