LESSONS FOR SOMALIA FOR FUTURE MULTILATERNAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OPERATIONS
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 1, Heft 3, S. 339-365
ISSN: 2468-0958, 1075-2846
THE GOAL OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO LINK THE LESSONS OF SPECIFIC CASES TO BROADER ELABORATIONS OF SOCIAL THEORY IN ORDER TO BUILD A SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY FOR MORE SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS IN THE FUTURE. IT STARTS FROM THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT UN ACTIONS REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OFTEN HAS A MORAL DUTY TO INTERVENE FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE POPULALATION OF A COUNTRY IS CONFRONTED WITH THE KIND OF WIDESPREAD SUFFERING THAT EXISTED IN SOMALIA. IT BEGINS WITH THE SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE IN SOMALIA AND THEN TURNS TO THE MORE GENERAL LESSONS FOR SIMILAR HUMANITARIAN PEACE ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.