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| For the past half century, the
United Nations Command (UNC) has maintained security on the
Korean peninsula. The UNC was established in Tokyo, Japan, on
24 July 1950, in order to repel the North Korean communist aggression.
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Establishment of UN headquarters
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General McArther supervising the strategy
to go up to In-chon on the warship
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| The first commander of the UNC
was General Douglas MacArthur, a hero of World War II. At dawn
on 25 June 1950, North Korea invaded the South in order to unify
the Korean peninsula under communist idealogy. The Republic
of Korea launched a counterattack, but it was difficult to stop
the advance of the communists. Because this act of aggression,
the UN convened the Security Council, and ordered ?ithdrawal
of North Korea forces to the north of the 38th Parallel through
a resolution on 25 June 1950. When the North Korea refused this
demand, the UNSC passed another resolution on 27 June 1950 which
authorized the ?se of force of UN member countries to repel
North Korean forces? Finally, on 7 July 1950, the UNSC passed
a third resolution which appointed the U.S. as its executive
agent to appoint a commander of a unified command under the
UN banner to assist the ROK in repelling attack and to restore
international peace and security.
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Resolution of the Security Council (1950. 6. 27)
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Under this provision, 16 nations,
led by the United States of the America, sent their troops to
Korea. The countries were: the U.S., the United Kingdom, France,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Colombia, Ethiopia,
Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, South Africa, Thailand,
Turkey and the Philippines. Five other nations, Denmark, India,
Italy, Norway and Sweden, provided medical units.
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All flags of 16 countries
attended to the Korean War |
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