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Britain has officially announced the start of its withdrawal from the European Union. Less than a year after the referendum vote was decided.

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All NATO countries have agreed to help each other out, and defend each other if one of them gets attacked. The only NATO country to be attacked so far is the USA, on September 11th 2001.

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Involved in the Bosnian war in 1992. Helping the United Nations deliver humanitarian relief, monitor and enforce the UN “no-fly zone” over Bosnia, provided close air and ground support to UNPROFOR and carried out air strikes to lift the siege of Sarajevo. 60,000 troops, including some 12,000 UK personnel.

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Why is Britain leaving the European Union?

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Why is Britain leaving the European Union?

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A referendum - a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part - was held on Thursday 23 June, 2016, to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. Leave won by 51.9% to 48.1%. The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with more than 30 million people voting.

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Whilst the EU must remain vigilant to other emerging threats that also require a coordinated EU response, the Agenda prioritises terrorism, organised crime and cybercrime as interlinked areas with a strong cross-border dimension, where EU action can make a real difference. The Agenda builds on the actions undertaken in the last years, under the previous internal security strategy, thus ensuring consistent and continued action.

The EU has already put in place a range of legal, practical, and support tools to underpin a European area of internal security. Now it is time to work better and more closely together. The success of the tools that the Union has put in place in recent years relies, first of all, on responsibility-sharing, mutual trust and effective cooperation between all actors involved, EU institutions and agencies, Member States and national authorities.

The European Agenda on Security aims to strengthen the tools that the EU provides to national law enforcement authorities to fight terrorism and cross-border crime. In particular, the Agenda focuses on improving information exchanges and operational cooperation between law enforcement authorities. It also mobilises a number of EU instruments to support actions through training, funding and research and innovation. Finally, the Agenda sets out a number of targeted actions to be taken at EU level, to step up the fight against terrorism, organised crime and cybercrime.

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NHS in England could be £2.8bn lower outside Europe

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Schengen Information System

What is the Schengen Information System?The Schengen Information System (SIS) is a highly efficient large-scale information system that supports external border control and law enforcement cooperation in the Schengen States. The SIS enables competent authorities, such as police and border guards, to enter and consult alerts on certain categories of wanted or missing persons and objects. An SIS alert not only contains information about a particular person or object but also clear instructions on what to do when the person or object has been found. Specialised national SIRENE Bureaux serve as single points of contact for any supplementary information exchange and coordination of activities related to SIS alerts.

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EU’s free movement policy places a financial strain on public services, that EU regulations create unnecessary costs, and that the UK’s contribution to the EU budget – a net amount of £5.7bn in 2014 (pdf) – could be spent on public services instead.

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Area of freedom, security and justice - this is designed to make it easier for police across the EU to cooperate but also to ensure fair treatment in different judicial systems for all EU citizens.

There is a European arrest warrant that means you can be arrested anywhere in the EU for more serious crimes committed in another EU country.

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While the UN had stockpiles of emergency aid in West Africa, it was not in the countries that most needed it. This aid, at hubs in Dakar, Senegal and Accra, Ghana needed to be moved as quickly as possible. It became clear that a tactical air bridge was required to move these emergency stores from Accra into the International airports in the three affected countries.

1AMW is the RAF’s specialist air movements unit, among the world’s best at planning, setting up and running an airbridge. So the UN turned to the UK experts to help them get the aid moving. The task is to coordinate the demands of various UN agencies with the available flights offered by different countries. In reality that means prioritising the aid, and then ensuring it is delivered to the airport in enough time to be prepared for each flight.

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Took the United Nations over four months to get into the full swing of helping with the situation. this was deemed unnacceptable by many.

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Some UN resolutions on collected security led to the Iraq war and caused the death of roughly 180 deaths of British service personnel.

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The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) works with countries and organizations to counter transnational organized crime by providing legal and technical assistance to fight corruption, money-laundering, drug trafficking and smuggling of migrants, as well as by strengthening criminal justice systems.

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The RN carriers provided the only British fighter planes to take part in the war. On 9 August 1952 a propeller-driven Sea Fury, piloted by Lieutenant Peter Carmichael of No. 802 Squadron, based on HMS Ocean, shot down a MiG-15 jet fighter, becoming one of only a handful of pilots of propeller planes to have shot down a jet.

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Despite not being expressly mentioned in the UN Charter, UN peacekeeping has become integral to the UN’s stated mission to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. UN peacekeepers operate in some of the most fraught and violent regions across the globe.

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About 200 British police officers are to be put on standby for United Nations peace-keeping duties

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About 200 British police officers are to be put on standby for United Nations peace-keeping duties

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(1999)

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At a strategic level, the UK Government should seek to develop greater expertise in peace operations and develop more effective institutional mechanisms for participating in UN operations. Specifically, it should:

build on the commitments given in the 2015 SDSR, by outlining a coherent strategic UK government approach to UN peace operations over the next parliament.

regularly conduct assessments of where and when it might deploy uniformed personnel in UN peace operations.

ensure that funding mechanisms for practical contributions to UN peace operations have the necessary flexibility and sustainability to facilitate greater UK participation.

facilitate greater participation of British personnel in UN operations by establishing frameworks to ensure UN service is a desirable career-enhancing activity.

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collective security has lead   our service personnel to places like Afghanistan and kosovo

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UK police chosen by UN to train officers in East Africa

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UK police chosen by UN to train officers in East Africa

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Currently, the UK contributes to UN peace operations in four main ways:

It influences the strategic direction of operations through its permanent membership of the UN Security Council;

It is one of the largest financial contributors to the UN peacekeeping budget;

It helps build the capacity of other troop- and police-contributing countries; and

It deploys a small number of its own uniformed personnel to UN missions.

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The Army helps the UN with peacekeeping missions, examples of these were: Bosnia, Kosovo, and more.

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RAF - Currently, have personnel in support of the mission to monitor the demilitarised zone between north and south Korea.

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RAF - Currently, have personnel in support of the mission to monitor the demilitarised zone between north and south Korea.

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On operations in Africa and in support of the peace keeping operations in Lebanon

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As the fifth largest provider of financial contributions to United Nations peacekeeping, the UK provided 6.7 percent of the budget in 2013-15. In September 2015, the UK was contributing 286 troops and five police officers to United Nations peacekeeping missions.