In 2024

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  Policy Papers 09-09-2024by Bitania Tadesse and Jenna Russo

  UN Support to African Union–Led Peace Support Operations: What Next for Resolution 2719?

  UN Security Council Resolution 2719, passed in December 2023, represents a significant milestone in providing predictable and sustainable financing for African Union (AU)–led peace support operations (PSOs). The resolution allows AU missions to receive up to 75 percent of their budget from UN assessed contributions, regularizing a process that had previously been granted on a […]

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  Issue Briefs 09-09-2024by Paul D. Williams

  The United Nations Support Office Model: Lessons from Somalia

  The UN support office model, developed over the past fifteen years in Somalia, has been a vital tool in enabling African Union (AU) missions to operate effectively. The UN support office in Somalia has performed essential functions, including logistical support, casualty evacuation, airlift, and long-distance resupply for AU forces. It is now being examined with […]

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  Meeting Notes 07-31-2024

  Emerging Lessons from MINUSMA’s Experience in Mali

  Established in 2013 by the UN Security Council, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) aimed to stabilize the situation in northern Mali, support the political transition, protect civilians, and promote human rights amidst ongoing conflict and instability. The mission’s mandate evolved over its ten-year tenure to address the changing political and […]

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  Meeting Notes 06-27-2024

  Prioritizing, Sequencing, and Streamlining UN Security Council Mandates: Taking Stock of Lessons Learned and Pathways Forward

  There have been several efforts to make UN peace operations mandates more realistic, effective, and achievable over the past two decades. Most notably, the 2015 report of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO) recommended that the council “make use of sequenced and prioritized mandates as a regular practice.” However, several challenges have inhibited […]

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  Policy Papers 04-16-2024by Jenna Russo and Lauren McGowan

  UN Tools for Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: An Analysis of Listings and Sanctions Processes

  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 annual report of the secretary-general on CRSV, which includes an annexed list of perpetrators […]

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