The Impact of Integrated UN Missions on Humanitarian NGO Security

A Quantitative Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID12430945
AuthorsEmizet F Kisangani (0000-0003-3415-8730, Kansas State University Department of Political Science USA Manhattan, KS, corresponding author), David F Mitchell (0000-0002-4176-2058)
Year2021
Volume27
Issue2
Pages202-225
Publication date2021-06-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720
PublisherLynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1163/19426720-02702005
OpenAlexW3169556733
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

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