Since the Security Council first recognized conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) as a threat to international peace and security in 2008, the UN has developed an increasing number of pathways to prevent and respond to such crimes. One of these is the…
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This book calls attention to the stark reality that international relief efforts are frequently threatened, despite international conventions and widespread public opinion, by the same lack of security that produces the need for such aid in the first place.The most recent example of this is the spectre of 1.5 million Kurds fleeing Saddam hussein’s repression […]
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The 1988 Nobel Peace Prize has thrown into sharp relief the significant role United Nations’ peacekeepers have played on the international stage since the first operation 40 years ago.This revealing volume takes stock of our peacekeeping past and present and considers its future. It gives an insider’s look at management and financing issues, the views […]
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This pioneering study searches for avenues of collaboration between peacekeepers and humanitarian relief workers.Individually, the problems of each have been widely scrutinized, but the relationship between them has not. This work evaluates the potential of utilizing the time-proven art of peacekeeping in the support of oft-beleaguered and frustrated humanitarian relief efforts during armed conflicts. The […]
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Contrary to the general perception, not all United Nations peacekeeping operations are financed by special arrangements separate and distinct from those of the Organization’s ordinary expenses under its regular budget. In fact, of the seventeen peacekeeping operations initiated by the United Nations during its forty-four year history, six were or are being financed from the […]
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Peacekeeping may not always lead to a negotiated sttlement of disputes, but it does succeed in halting the fighting, which provides valuable time for negotiations to resume.International peacekeeping truly has become a vital instrument in modern diplomacy.The possibility of establishing a more rigorous framework for the prevention and settlement of international disputes rests upon the […]
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