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With the recent developments in Syria the United Nations is once again making headlines. The failure to reach an agreement on a Security Council resolution demonstrates the continued problems in forging a coherent international response to crisis situations. This lack of coherence continues despite recognition of the need for more cooperation to solve the growing list of global problems. With the relative success of global governance initiatives in relation to the environment, health issues, and economic problems, the focus has increasingly shifted to the problems of international security. This timely and important book represents a response to that shift and the implications this has for the wider international system. Using a number of relevant case studies (including the UN interventions in Bosnia, Somalia, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and East Timor) it examines the securitisation of global governance through the prism of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and demonstrates that the development of both global governance and global security governance have transformed the environment in which international organisations, such as the United Nations, are operating. Moreover this book brings together a number of the key academic debates surrounding both global security governance and peacekeeping. It combines an examination of the power relations of global security governance, with the changing nature of peacekeeping operations. By bringing the two areas together the book for the first time bridges existing literatures and debates, from theoretical discussions of global governance, to practical examinations of peacekeeping operations. UN-Tied Nations provides a concise and analytical introduction to the ongoing debates around the development of global governance, global security governance, and the continuous impact these are having on the ability of the United Nations to act as an international peacekeeper.

This volume deals with women's participation in international peacekeeping operations and what those operations might consider to be the role and circumstances of women, including those of the host society. Essays include: a theoretical perspective on women and war, highlighting the difference between post-modernist and universalist approaches to women's roles in peacemaking and conflict resolution, the role of women in military operations, the implications of the high levels of sexual violence in peacekeeping operations and the UN's gender policy for peacekeeping operations.

Auftrag und Einsatzgrundsätze der UN-Friedenstruppen sind vielfältig. Sie richten sich nach den jeweiligen Bedingungen in den Einsatzgebieten und sind abhängig von den jeweils herrschenden Konfliktkonstellationen. Eingehend werden bisherige Einsätze der UN-Friedenstruppen u.a. in Zypern, Ägypten, im Kongo und im Libanon beschrieben, wobei eingehend auf die Praxis der Friedenssicherungsaufträge eingegangen wird. Verwiesen wird auch auf die unterschiedliche internationale Zusammensetzung der Truppen. (SWP-Wgn)

International Peacekeeping is devoted to reporting upon and analyzing international peacekeeping with an emphasis upon legal and policy issues. It provides the interested public - civil servants, politicians, the military, academics, journalists, and others - with an up-to-date source of information on peacekeeping, enabling them to keep abreast of the most important developments in the field. This is achieved not only by the provision of 'basic documents' (on CD ROM), such as Security Council Resolutions or Reports from the UN Secretary-General, but also by expert commentaries on world events connected with peacekeeping operations. Thus, International Peacekeeping not only has a recording and documentary function, for those who wish to be kept well-informed, but also plays a role in forming opinions on the further development of peacekeeping as an instrument. Peacekeeping is treated in a pragmatic light, seen as a form of international military cooperation for the preservation or restoration of international peace and security, attention being focused primarily on UN peacekeeping operations. This yearbook is the continuation of the journal International Peacekeeping

IT IS ARGUED THAT DISCOURSES ON AN AFRICAN HIGH COMMAND IS AS OLD AS AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE, AND THAT WHILE THE ACTORS MAY HAVE CHANGED, THE EVENTS AND PLACE LARGELY REMAIN THE SAME. IN THIS RESPECT, CONGO HAS REMAINED A PIVOTAL POINT IN THIS DISCOURSE. IN POINTING TO THE IMPERATIVE FOR A PEACEKEEPING FORCE, THE AUTHOR DRAWS ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE WAY OF SUCH A CONTINENTAL FORCE, IN PARTICULAR THE QUESTION OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY DEFICIENCY.

The mental health officer attached to a US infantry battalion assigned to the Multinational Force & Observers in the Sinai since 1982 has made clinical observations that seem to confirm earlier suggestions regarding adverse consequences of telephone contact between forward-deployed troops & family members at home. Here, results of a survey designed to measure 133 soldiers' attitudes & perceptions regarding telephone availability suggest that it is a mixed blessing. Although most soldiers view the telephone as a positive link to family members, a minority express strong negative responses. As telephones increasingly come to complement the mail as a means of maintaining contact between forward-deployed troops & the home front, the characteristics of these means of communication, which have implications for troop morale, will require increased attention. Adapted from the source document.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Peacekeeping In Perspective -- Chapter 2. Origins Of Peacekeeping -- Chapter 3. Peacekeeping As Provisional Measure -- Chapter 4. Legal Force And Effects Of Peacekeeping Measures -- Chapter 5. Impartiality Of Peacekeeping Measures -- Chapter 6. Enforcement Of Peacekeeping Measures -- Chapter 7. Regulatory Framework For Peacekeeping -- Chapter 8. Regulatory Control Of Peacekeeping -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.