Kōrero: Peacekeeping

Observing in Kashmir, 1954

Observing in Kashmir, 1954

When India and Pakistan became independent in 1947, Jammu and Kashmir’s Hindu ruler decided that the princely state would become part of India. Fighting broke out, and the United Nations became involved in investigating and mediating in the dispute. Observers were introduced and, after India and Pakistan signed the Karachi Agreement in 1949, the UN became responsible for monitoring the ceasefire. Major Jack Gascoigne (at right) and another member of the UN Military Observer Group meet with an Indian officer and a Pakistani officer on the ceasefire line near Kotli to discuss a possible infringement of the ceasefire. Major Gascoigne wears New Zealand 'lemon squeezer' headgear – it was not until 1956 that United Nations peacekeepers wore blue berets.

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New Zealand Defence Force
Reference: John Crawford, In the field for peace: New Zealand’s contribution to international peace-support operations, 1950-1995. Wellington: New Zealand Defence Force, 1996, p. 12
Photograph by J. B. Gascgoine

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David Capie, 'Peacekeeping - Peacekeeping during the Cold War, 1950s to 1980s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36080/observing-in-kashmir-1954 (accessed 19 March 2024)

He kōrero nā David Capie, i tāngia i te 20 Jun 2012, updated 1 Jun 2015