In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: During the 1990s, the United Nations mandated the liberation of Kuwait by force.

Reason: In August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, rapidly occupying and subsequently annexing it.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

In August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, rapidly occupying and subsequently annexing it. After a series of diplomatic attempts failed at convincing Iraq to quit its aggression, the United Nations mandated the liberation of Kuwait by force. For the UN, this was a dramatic decision after years of deadlock during the Cold War. US President George H.W. Bush hailed the emergence of a ‘new world order’.