The Impact of Integrated UN Missions on Humanitarian NGO Security

A Quantitative Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12430945
AutoresEmizet F Kisangani (0000-0003-3415-8730, Kansas State University Department of Political Science USA Manhattan, KS, autor de correspondencia), David F Mitchell (0000-0002-4176-2058)
Año2021
Volumen27
Número2
Páginas202-225
Fecha de publicación2021-06-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobal Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720
EditorialLynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1163/19426720-02702005
OpenAlexW3169556733
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas12

Since the end of the Cold War, the UN has extended many of its missions in conflict zones to include political, military, and humanitarian activities. Many humanitarian nongovernmental organizations have been critical of these “integrated” UN missions, claiming that they can blur the distinction between political, military, and humanitarian action, thus placing humanitarian aid workers at risk of retaliation from warring factions opposed to the UN ’s political objectives. This proposition is empirically tested using generalized methods of moments statistical analysis of sixty-seven countries that experienced intrastate conflict between 1997 and 2018. When assessing attacks in general—to include the sum of aid workers killed, wounded, and kidnapped—the results indicate that humanitarian aid workers are more likely to come under attack in countries that have an integrated UN mission. However, when the attacks are assessed separately, results show that this relationship holds only with aid workers who are killed in the field

Cold war · Humanitarian aid · International humanitarian law · International law · International relations · Political science · Politics · Proposition · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance