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OCR: POLITICS AND THE UN After the war Pearson helped establish Canada place at the United Na tions Elected SP _iberal lin 1948 he was appointed Minister of External Affairs It was a new wa world, shaped by the end of the British Empire the menace of Russian exp Dansionism, the growth of US economic and military power and the threat 0 the atomic bomb Pearson strongly believed in international agencies He helped establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and helped make Canada particularly strong supporter 01 the work of UN agencies around the world His success in setting up an emergency UN force to defuse the Suez Crisis was rewarded with the 1956 Nobel Peace Prize BIOGRAPHY of 8 Liberal pelievec internationa

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