Gender-sensitive approaches to disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) processes tend to focus on the exclusion of women as participants in DDR programs. There has been less attention to including women’s civil society organizations (CSOs) in…
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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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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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