1st Edition

Aspects of Peacekeeping

Edited By Stuart Gordon, Francis Toase Copyright 2001
    320 Pages
    by Routledge

    316 Pages
    by Routledge

    The nature of UN operational involvement in the practical management of conflict has evolved dramatically since the end of the Cold War. The post-Cold War liberation of the Security Council, the subsequent paralysis in its decision-making competence, and the apparent dilution of the concept of sovereignty as a prohibition on intervention have been principal factors in the evolving fortunes of UK peace-support operations.

    This evolving environment has had profound implications for the way in which the humanitarian community, the United Nations and military forces engaged under a UN flag have reacted to peace-support operations. This book explores contemporary peace-support operations and examines many of the principal challenges that now confront those charged, in different ways, with bringing peace to war-torn societies. In particular, this volume looks at the evolving nature of military, UN and humanitarian non-governmental organization's intervention in these complex conflicts. It also explores how these organizations relate to one another and the way in which a division of labour is determined.

    Choice

    "recommended for peacekeeping practitioners"



    Internal Relations

    "evidence of serious thinking on a mission

    Biography

    D. S. Gordon, F. H. Toase