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En-Gendering UN Peacekeeping Operations
International Journal, 2005Contrary to the optimistic projections of some analysts, the end of the Cold War has not resulted in diminished threats to world peace and security, but rather in new and more complex ones.' In the post-Cold War decade, the international community has experienced violence and suffering in a gross and indiscriminate manner, forcing a reevaluation of ...
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Increasing Operational Effectiveness in UN Peacekeeping
Armed Forces & Society, 2009In this article, the authors argue that an increased percentage of female military personnel on UN peacekeeping operations is beneficial to operational effectiveness. They establish a case for a greater proportion of female service personnel that is based on three main premises: (1) a force adequately representative of female service personnel in ...
Bridges, Donna V., Horsfall, Debbie
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India and UN peacekeeping operations
International Peacekeeping, 1997In the context of post‐Cold War security structures, India is undergoing a major re‐evaluation of both its regional and global roles. In the past, participation in UN peacekeeping operations represented a significant means by which India could demonstrate both its Third World credentials and its continuing commitment to the ideals and ethos of the ...
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The UN Record on Peacekeeping Operations
International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis, 2007Today, United Nations peacekeeping is the multidimensional management of a complex peace operation, usually following the termination of a civil war, designed to provide interim security and assist parties to make those institutional, material, and ideational transformations that are essential to make peace sustainable.
Michael W. Doyle, Nicholas Sambanis
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Military realities of UN peacekeeping operations
The RUSI Journal, 1993In this candid account of his experiences in the former Yugoslavia, Major General Lewis MacKenzie addresses the central issues of UN involvement in this war‐tom area, where not only do UN troops feel their hands are tied by the limits of the UN mandate, but they also experience open hostility from the very people they have been sent to protect, who ...
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Japan's policy towards UN peacekeeping operations
International Peacekeeping, 2005International criticism of Japan's policy in the 1991 Gulf War prompted Japan to create a peacekeeping law, ‘the PKO law’ in 1992, to provide a legal framework for international peacekeeping activities. However, the PKO law imposed certain restrictions which complicated the missions of the Japanese Self Defense Forces (SDF) in operational fields. After
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NGOs and UN peacekeeping operations: Strange bedfellows
International Peacekeeping, 1999This article examines the increased interaction between international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and UN peacekeeping operations in complex emergencies and civil conflicts. The involvement of NGOs in civil conflicts and the increased delegation of service delivery from states and institutions to NGOs has become a prevalent aspect of ...
Francis Kofi Abiew, Tom Keating
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China’s Stand on UN Peacekeeping Operations
China Report, 2005This paper focuses on China’s stand on UN peacekeeping operations (UNPKO) with the objective of understanding the wider perspective of its foreign policy determinants. Further, as peacekeeping operations (PKO) are connected with issues of international peace and security, China’s changing stand on these provides some insights into its security ...
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Sexual Relationships in UN Peacekeeping Operations
2012This chapter analyses the results of interviews with the three groups of participants in the research: women who were involved in sexual relationships with peacekeepers during the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) (Group A); women from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) who were employed in UNMIBH but did not have sexual relationships with ...
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