The United Nations and peacekeeping, 1988–95

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23530764
AutoresChen Kertcher (0000-0001-6524-8478)
Ano2016
Páginas264
Data de publicação2016-06-01
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoUnited Nations and Peacekeeping, 1988-95 (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraManchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.7765/9781526100337
OpenAlexW2733458859
ISBN9781526100337
Open LibraryOL29319671M
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9

This book offers a brief review of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations from 1947 to 2014. It examines international politics at the United Nations from 1988 to 1991 when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) dissolved. The book offers new explanations for the dwindling support for UN peacekeeping operations from late 1993 to 1995. It examines the diplomatic discussions at the Security Council, the General Assembly and the UN Secretariat on the objectives and principles of success of the operations from January 1992 to mid-1993. It is accepted by researchers and even the UN Secretariat that peacekeeping operations can be divided into two separate time periods: from 1947-88, or the Cold War era, and from 1988 to the present, the post-Cold War era. The book further explains what occurred in the UN during 1995 that called for a re-examination of the new concept and practice of peacekeeping in civil wars. It shows how the international community succeeded in providing only part of the requirements for the many operations, and especially for the large multidimensional operations in Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia and Somalia. Finally, the book emphasises the importance of regional organisations with regard to the maintenance of international peace and security.

Cold war · Development economics · Economics · General assembly · International community · International peace · International relations · International security · Peacekeeping · Political science · Politics · Security council · Soviet union · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration · Conflict management · Peace · United Nations