In advance of the Security Council’s open debate on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), IPI, together with the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN, co-hosted a policy forum on April 17th on the topic of “Preventing and Responding to…
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Though the United Nations will face numerous challenges on the world’s oceans in the next decades, it has not yet developed the capability to operate effectively in the areas of maritime peacekeeping or enforcement.This study examines the various regional maritime challenges confronting the United Nations and describes several organizational and experiential models—ranging from Claiborne Pell’s […]
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The principle of non-use of force except in self-defence is central to the concept of UN peacekeeping.But its application has at times given rise to serious difficulties and controversy. The determination of whether – and when – force should be used is possibly the most difficult decision a peacekeeping operation can face. F.T. Liu recounts […]
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In a turbulent world of restless publics, faltering economies, widening cleavages, and vast international transformations, where does the United nations fit?What have been the consequences for the UN of the profound transformations the world has undergone since its creation in 1945? Can it meet the challenges posed by an increasingly turbulent world? And can 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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