Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The political and diplomatic background to the establishment of peace support operations in Lebanon, Somalia and Kosovo
- 3 Legal framework of UN peacekeeping forces and issues of command and control
- 4 United Nations peacekeeping in Lebanon, Somalia and Kosovo, and the use of force
- 5 UN military operations and international humanitarian and human rights law
- 6 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Resolutions of the Security Council: UNIFIL
- Appendix 2 Resolutions of the Security Council: Somalia
- Appendix 3 Resolutions of the Security Council: Kosovo
- Bibliography
- Index
Preface and acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The political and diplomatic background to the establishment of peace support operations in Lebanon, Somalia and Kosovo
- 3 Legal framework of UN peacekeeping forces and issues of command and control
- 4 United Nations peacekeeping in Lebanon, Somalia and Kosovo, and the use of force
- 5 UN military operations and international humanitarian and human rights law
- 6 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Resolutions of the Security Council: UNIFIL
- Appendix 2 Resolutions of the Security Council: Somalia
- Appendix 3 Resolutions of the Security Council: Kosovo
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Peacekeeping was pioneered and developed by the United Nations (UN) as a means by which it could fulfil its role under the UN Charter in the maintenance of international peace and security. The concept of UN peacekeeping has had to evolve and change to meet the challenges of contemporary sources of conflict; consequently, peacekeeping and related operations have grown rapidly in number and complexity. This book is an interdisciplinary study that examines a number of operational and legal issues associated with contemporary multi-national peace operations, and seeks to provide insights into the problems that arise in establishing and deploying such forces to meet the challenges of current conflicts. The primary focus is on three case studies, Lebanon, Somalia and Kosovo, and these are used to conduct a comparative analysis of traditional or first-generation peacekeeping, and that of second-generation multi-dimensional peace operations. Each operation examined highlights serious difficulties that arise in the command and control of UN missions, although the larger, more complex UNOSOM II (Somalia) and Kosovo missions present significantly more serious dilemmas in this regard. These problems are often exacerbated by deficiencies in the municipal laws and domestic political concerns of contributing states.
An important distinguishing feature between traditional peacekeeping operations and that of more robust peace enforcement operations is the policy regarding the use of force. Devising appropriate rules of engagement (ROE) remains a key issue in the planning and deployment of any multi-national force and a number of recommendations are made on how to deal with this problem.
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- UN Peacekeeping in Lebanon, Somalia and KosovoOperational and Legal Issues in Practice, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007