INTERNAL PEACE-KEEPING: A DEAD END FOR THE UN?
In: Security dialogue, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 359-368
ISSN: 0967-0106
A NOTABLE FEATURE OF THE RECENT FLURRY IN UN PEACE-KEEPING IS ITS INTERNAL FOCUS. ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THE UN'S 13 CURRENT INTERNAL OPERATIONS ARE IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE. THIS ARTICLE ASKS IF IN GOING DOWN THE INTERNAL PEACE-KEEPING PATH, THE UN IS HEADING FOR--AND PERHAPS HAS REACHED--A RESOUNDING DEAD END? AFTER AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRESENT SITUATION THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT THE UN MAY BE FACED ON EVERY SIDE WITH DIFFICULTIES IN ITS INTERNAL PEACE-KEEPING, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS HAVING REACHED A DEAD END.