helped establish the Republic of Turkey. He was Turkeys first president and his reforms modernized the country. Reza Pahlavi was the king of Iran. He and Kemal have similar leadership by having an attempt to modernize their countries once they became the new leaders. Reza Pahlavi, like Kemal, he established public school, built roads and railroads, promoted industrial growth, and also extended rights for women. Southwest Asia had changed a lot due to nationalism in their country. Hindu Indian National Congress and the Muslim League are two groups that were form get rid of the foreign rule in India. Both groups worked towards the goal of national independence from British. The breakup of the
Ottoman
Empire
and
growing
Western
political
economic interest in Southwest Asia spurred the rise of
nationalism in the region. Turkey became a republic in 1923 and Kemal became the president of the new Republic of Turkey, the first republic in Southwest Asia. Reza Shah Pahlavi set out to modernize his country. He established public schools, built roads and railroads, promoted industrial growth, and extended womens rights. In 1935, he changed the Persia to Iran. Saudi Arabia also held strictly to Islamic law. The newly found petroleum
supplies change the new nations in Southwest Asia by
creating trade routes, led to the exchange of ideas, and it also bought new oil explorations to Southwest Asia. Petroleum is one of the most important resource that led Southwest Asia to a rapid and a dramatic economic changes and development because oil brought huge profits and more power to the country. The United Nations have been involved in many problems that had occurred in the Middle East since 1947. Some problems have been solved, while some was still unsolved problems that still concern us until today. I believe that every country wanted to be able to govern themselves and their peoples. No one would like to be control by other countries. During the period after World War One, Palestinians and Jews were fighting over the land they believed they should get and the result is that both received half of the lands (the Israel received more lands). Israel was set up by Jews and was once attacked by the Arab on 1949. Around that time there were several Palestinians who lived in the refugee camps nearby Israel and Arab. Their living condition werent good at all so the UN came up with a solution to solve this problem by organizing the UNRWA to deal with the refugees and provide them clean water and supplies. Israel helped British and France in attacking the Suez Canal in Egypt. The UN then came up with a solution by establishing the UNEF or the United Nation Emergency Force the conflict
between the Israelis and the Egyptians. The attack from
France and British was very hard that makes the UN unable to handle the situation so America came up with a way to stop this by threatening the two countries to stop attacking the Suez, or else they will stop the oil supplies. The problem had not been solved yet when Israel began to attack Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq, but the war didnt last long when the Security Council decided to cease-fire. This also leads us to a Resolution 242, which its main goal is to restore peace. Later, they also established another resolution strategies, which is the Resolution 338. As you can see, the UN was trying there best in order to maintain peace in the Middle East since the beginning. They have established so many solutions to these problems, like the UNRWA, CCP, UNEF, Resolution 242, Resolution 338, and many more. In my opinion, I think a not every solution and strategy works. Some of the strategy doesnt work well and didnt help solve the problems. The UN should have divided the lands for Palestinians and Israelis fairy and equally because it wont cause a future effect on both if one dont get more. I really like the UNRWA solution developed by the UN to help the Palestinians because many people were able to survive with the help of the UNRWA. To conclude, I think the UN is very important because they give advice and guidelines on how to prevent conflict between each country. It also seems to promote peace and stands for other countries. They also provide chances for countries to cooperate and make