Canada’s Cold War Alliances

Canada / UN (Korea) / NATO / NORAD
Year Canada joined the Alliance. / 1945 / 1949 / 1958
List Alliance Partners. / United States Britain France
China Russia / United States
Belgium Britain
Denmark Iceland / United States
Purpose and most important terms of the treaty. / To provide an international forum for greater co-operation among nations. To bring all nations of the world to work for peace and development.
Member countries should all attempt to solve their disputes peacefully.
Members must not use force or threaten to use force to achieve goals. / A defence pact intended to protect and defend its members from aggression or the threat or aggression
To settle any international dispute by peaceful means.
In the case that one member were to be attacked, it would be as if all members were attacked. / Was first created as a defence system against the Soviet threat in 1957. Now is a defence system which acts as a warning system that alerts its members of any enemy attacks on or incoming from North America.
Motto:
Deter Detect
Defeat/Defend
United States and Canada agree to defend each other.
Country that makes the final decisions. / United States Britain France
China Russia
(Security Council) / Decisions are made by consensus from all member countries. / Decisions are made that intake both countries input, America’s and Canada’s.
Veto power on operations? / Any member of the Security Council had the power to veto or reject any proposal from the General Assembly. / No power of veto is present. / No power of veto is present.
Number of personnel needed. / Enough to support a Security Council and a General Assembly. Currently 192 members. / Structure is split into two. Civilian and military.
Included 3.8 million military personnel in 1980. / Enough to supervise the NORAD headquarters in Canada and US.
Were Nuclear weapons part of the alliance? If yes, what type? How would they be delivered? / Yes, nuclear missiles, warheads, silos, bombs, etc. / Yes, nuclear warheads, missiles, hydrogen bombs, ICBMs and silos. Each country stockpiled their own. / Nope.
List and Give a brief description of actions taken by the alliance. / 1950
The UN decided to render every assistance to North Korea in the Korean War.
1956/57
The UN created the United Nations Emergency Force which provided s resolution to the Suez Crisis. / 2003
NATO sends surveillance aircraft and missile defences to protect Turkey in the event of an attack.
2005
NATO transported by aircraft approximately 3,500 tons of supplies to Pakistan for relief operations after a devastating earthquake. / 1961
NORAD established the Alaskan NORAD Region Control Center in response to a long range bomber threat.
1957
NORAD continues the tradition of the CONAD (Continental Air Defence) by using its high tech satellite systems totrack Santa and provide the information on a site dedicated to their findings.