UN special political missions (SPMs) regularly operate in conflict and post-conflict settings in which local civilian populations face the ongoing threat of violence from armed actors—a trend that is likely to continue if an apparent increased preference…
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Sierra Leone’s bitter experience with civil war garnered international attention only after the May 1997 coup, though the conflict between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and successive governments has raged for at least a decade against the backdrop of more than three decades of progressive state collapse. John Hirsch traces Sierra Leone’s downward spiral, drawing […]
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The Second Working Group on ‘Managing Security Challenges in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding’, part of the International Peace Academy’s multi-year research project UN, NATO and Regional Actors in the 21st Century: Partners in Peace?, met in Ottawa on 21-23 June 2001.
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Despite the deployment of NATO forces in Kosovo and the UN’s direct involvement in governing the province, such terrors as murder, disappearances, bombings, and arson have become routine occurrences. William O’Neill analyzes the nature of the violence that continues to plague Kosovo’s residents and assesses efforts to guarantee public security.O’Neill considers how the particular evolution […]
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When the Dayton peace agreement was signed in 1995, there were expectations among the signatories, the Bosnian population, and the international community alike that the pact would not only end conflict among Bosnia’s three armies, but also establish a political and social foundation for more robust peace. Recognizing that the latter goal—incorporating political reform and […]
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This report presents a summary of the presentations and discussions during a meeting of the UN Security Council, members of the UN Secretariat, and a select group of experts on conflict management efforts in Africa held on August 8, 2001.
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