...Over the previous sixty eons, the peacemaking activities of United States has become the essential implement used by the international community to cope the multifaceted catastrophes that carriage a intimidation to international peace and security. With the new epoch, the number of military, police and civilian in peacekeeping personnel of the United Nations in the entire world has reached unprecedented levels. It has been observed that peace keeping by U.N. has not only developed in magnitude but it has come to be increasingly intricate. Some says that United States has their own limitations and one of them is peacemaking. However, it is fair to say that the deteriorating situations are being resolved by UN peacekeeping operations by spending...
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...As one of the 5 permenant member of the UN, the USA is the largest contributor financially to UN peacekeeping since the 1950s. In the past, the US was a big contributer to the Assessed Budget in the UNAMID at at $458,477,513 in 2007. This was for a collaborative peace operations with the African Union in Dafur, Sudan where the government was backing up an ethnic cleansing. America also has the second highest share of the assessed budget of MONUSCO which was $458,477,513 This fundded the stabalizating and peacebuilding of the DRC in 2010. As seen from these figures, the US portion of the budget to the UN has steadily risen as more crisis develop and therfore so do peace operations. Hoever according to a study done by GAO, UN peace operations...
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...A Term Paper on UN peacekeeping and the Role of Bangladesh Submitted to: Dr. Syeda Rozana Rashid Assistant professor Department of International Relations Submitted by: Roksana Mohammed(rk-56) Nafisa Noor(km-76) 2nd year 3rd semester Date of submission:11.05.2013 Abstract Peacekeeping operations by the UN are the operations designed to restore or protect the peace in certain areas of conflict. Peacekeeping has proven to be one of the most effective tools available to the United Nation to assist host countries navigate the difficult path from conflict to peace. Bangladesh has contributed the largest amount of troops in the UN peacekeeping operations. Bangladesh’s troops is being praised and honored by world widely because of its efficiency in UN Peacekeeping operations. This term paper is based on the activities of UN Peacekeeping and the role of Bangladesh in the UN peacekeeping missions. Bangladesh Army started its journey in the UN Peacekeeping mission in 1988.Bangladesh Armed Forces has so far participated in 52 Peacekeeping missions in 40 countries. This paper also regards with the view of the performance of troops of Bangladesh in UN peacekeeping missions and the importance of Bangladesh’s role in Peacekeeping mission as the contributor of the highest number of troops. The various issues with the troops of Bangladesh are also provided in the paper. References are also included in this paper. Content * Methodology………………………………………………………………pg-01 ...
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...Is UN Peacekeeping seriously flawed? Hello fellow students, I am one of the debate leaders this week. I hope we can all bring some valid points to this debate, enjoy… Firstly I believe to fully understand what peacekeeping is, we should explore the meaning “peacekeeping” and how that is relevant to this debate. The Collins World English Dictionary defines peacekeeping as the maintenance of peace, esp. the prevention of further fighting between hostile forces in an area. The broad consensus on the term “peacekeeping” is a little different however - non-violent intervention, being the voice of reason and bearing witness to (and in the way of) violent and oppressive acts; tend to be what the average person would recognise as peacekeeping. How does this align with the current operational expectations of the United Nations in regards to peacekeeping? The UN commenced peacekeeping duties during the Cold War as a way to resolve conflict (aid the resolution) by observing the peace process as a neutral party. Since that time the United Nations Security Council has approved and engaged peacekeeping troops all over the world into many civil and international situations. However is this visual form of peacekeeping effective? Does having a military force on the ground that is committed to the protection of the civilian population in a war zone or facing inevitable oppression really work? In theory the answer is yes, frankly I think you would have to be inhumane to say otherwise. However...
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...Nations (UN) is established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation. It is an intergovernmental organization established to replace the ineffective League of Nations after the Second World War. In the beginning the UN had 51member countries and now there are 193 member countries for UN. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member Countries. UN has an objective of maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict. Major part of UN responsibility is to maintain world peace. For ensuring world peace UN has United Nations Peace keeping operations in short term UNPKO though out the world were conflicts are going on. Bangladesh is an active member of UN and participating in UNPKO in many countries of the world. UN Peacekeeping has never been as large, complex and demanding as it is today. More than 100,000 peacekeepers are deployed across the globe, where Bangladesh has consistently been one of the most significant and frontline troops and police contributing countries. As of now, we are the second largest troops contributing country with (1,830 police, 73 UNMEM and 6,605 troops) attached to various UN peacekeeping forces worldwide in November, 2013.There are total 63 Peacekeeping Operations conducted since 1948. Bangladesh has participated in 44 UN missions...
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...the open meetings of the UN Security |News Analysis More | | |Council on key issues such as the situation in West Asia, Afghanistan, Iraq as | | | |well as on thematic issues such as threats to international peace and |• Darfur Force by UNSC | | |international security. India has been an active participant in eleven out of | | | |fifteen ongoing UN Peace Keeping Operations around the world. |• Fund to Acquire Clean Tech | | |India welcomed the unanimous adoption of Resolution 1511 as a positive step | | | |towards the restoration of sovereignty to the Iraqi people, although it noted |• Sudan Expels UN Envoy over Blog | | |that the Resolution lacked specificity regarding the timing of the transfer. At| | | |the 58th Session of the First Committee of UNGA, in recognition of the widely |• Pak Disputes Baglihar Dam Report | | |shared concern of the international community about the heightened dangers | | | |posed by the risk of terrorists getting access to weapons of mass destruction, |• UN Wants to Stop Violence against...
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...There is a dilemma over the practicality of history. Nietzsche, in his book “On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life,” attempts to make history practical for the individual. It is the unhistorical in which Nietzsche explains how individuals overcome and prevent life from meaninglessness. It counters the factual science of the historical, in which there is meaninglessness and abundance of facts. In order to compensate for an abundance of meaningless historical facts, the unhistorical identifies those facts interpretively or subjectively creating meaning among historical facts. To find the correct balance between the unhistorical and the historical, plastic power acts as a scale to find equilibrium. Nietzsche explains that the unhistorical has three themes in which historical facts are interpreted; monumental antiquarian, and critical history. They serve to broaden or weaken an individual’s horizon. They are the antidote to historical fact. Nietzsche identifies monumental history as way to emphasize historical facts as having great significance. The significance of monumental history is imitation. It is composed of an achievement a nation, society, or individual has completed, and the result of the achievement is symbolically interpreted as something that is worth emulating. They become models or morals that are imitated. There are ‘great moments’ in time which encompass a “demand for monumental history” (Nietzsche, 15). Individual’s according to Nietzsche, strive...
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...“If blue helmeted UN peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, run.” ― Andrew Thomson. What Andrew Thomson is saying is true and in this case I will be detailing every reason on why I believe that the United Nations peacekeepers should not have the power to engage in offensive operations. The U.N. could be one of the most corrupt organizations out there. Their overall system is unfair, they have no control over their men, and refuse to even recognize when they do wrong. First off, you have to protect the civilians from the troops that were sent to protect them. On september 2011, a Video surfaced on the internet showing several UN troops in Haiti holding down and gang raping a young teenage boy (Newman). This is not something new to...
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...Name: MS. CHONNIKAN CHOENGSAMOR Delegation: THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY MODEL UNITED NATIONS Committee: HISTORICAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY School: THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY, THAILAND Assigned Country: REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO African countries have experienced political fragmentations for decades since the colonialism era. In Rwanda, the two main races, Hutu and Tutsi, face ongoing political strugglings within its territory. The situation exacerbated with the colonial influence in the region. After its independence supported by the Belgians, Hutu majority was able to seized the power and established a regime that focused on oppression on the Tutsi minority. Under Kayibanda rule, violence against Tutsi was widespread. Tutsi children and women were taken from their home and killed. In 1973, Kayibanda was ousted by the coup led by Habyarimana who was a Tutsi. Peace was found in region. However, peace did not last long. The economic instability in 1985 made Rwandans unsatisfied with their life condition. Hutu support of Habyarimana was eroding. Without Hutu support, his political power would be threatened. Therefore in order to maintain his support, he adopted anti-Tutsi policies. These acts led to the invasion of Rwandan Patriotic Front which composed of Tutsi in exile in Uganda. Rwanda was on the blink of genocide. The final string that led to the genocide was the shooting down of Habyarinmana’s plane. After the incident, gunfire between two sides was exchanged and later resulted in massacre. A quick...
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...Security Council has primary responsibility to play in that. It is for Security Council to determine when and where a UN peacekeeping operation should be deployed. The Security Council response to crises around the world on a case by case basis and it has a range of options at its disposal. It takes many different factors into accounts considering the establishment of new peace operation including: i. whether there is a ceasefire in place and the parties have committed themselves to a peace process intended to reach a political settlement ii. Whether a clear political goal exists and whether it can be reflected in the mandate iii. Whether a precise mandate for a UN operation can be formulated iv. Whether the safety and security of UN personnel can be reasonably ensured, including in particular whether reasonable guarantees can be obtained from the main parties or factions regarding the safety and security of UN personnel The changing role of the United Nations includes the following. Conflict resolution, conflict prevention, women peace security Collective security, disarmament, peace building, and The development of new international arrangement to promote peace stability and the general welfare among others. ROLES OF UNITED NATIONS IN MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND SECURITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION Many international controversies do not even come before the UN because the parties directly involved prefer to handle their differences by other means, including force or direct negotiations...
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...stepped into the family of 'Blue-Helmet' through participation in UNIIMOG (Iraq-Iran) in 1988 with 15 Military Observers from Bangladesh Army. Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force joined UNPKO in 1993 while Bangladesh Police joined in 1989. Till now Bangladesh has contributed in 54 UN peacekeeping missions in 39 countries, where 1,13,169 Bangladeshi peacekeepers have participated of which 1,02,794 are from the Armed Forces. At present with strength of 9,111 peacekeepers (7,197 from the Armed Forces), Bangladesh is the highest peacekeepers contributing country in the world. Being the largest troops and police contributing country for UN peace keeping missions, Bangladesh holds a large UN experienced work force. The experience of such a large work force can be utilized effectively in peace building role even after they retire from the government service. 2. Peace building in countries emerging from conflict is a huge, complex undertaking as it happens in an insecure, politically fragile and therefore challenging environment. There is always a challenge to match the crucial response time with the availability of experienced civilian workforce to be deployed for peace building missions. In this respect UN has rightly focused on building civilian capacity in members states. Creating a national database as a tool of human resource system is surely a need of the time. In this connection, the ‘Roster Concept’ also considers databases as crucial instruments. The most common functional...
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...third largest economy in the world, and it is forecasted to become the second largest by 2050. These predictions show that India has a large working population that is estimated to be larger than that of China and the US combined at the same time. Its economy is also estimated to grow to about thirty times larger than it is today. This transformation in India’s economy is also set to bring similar transformations in the military, political and cultural powers making India on of the biggest influence in the world. As a result, large nations including the US and the UK have recognized this super potential power and have rushed to try and establish and strengthen their relations. Recently, Obama endorsed India’s bid for a permanent seat in the UN security council. This endorsement by the president of the most powerful nation in the world symbolically signified that truly India matters. Besides, it also showed that Obama is fully committed to strengthening the relationship between the two nations. Furthermore, it sent a clear signal to India’s neighbors that the United States view India as of significance in creating a stable Asian order. In fact, the language used by the president in making this endorsement went beyond that used in making a similar endorsement of Japan’s candidacy. As such, the United States sent a clearly message that India is, indeed, a special friend. Narendra Modi’s campaign successfully connected aspirations of the youth and the middle class. This resulted in...
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...United Nations faces easier to confront, as they highlighted the glaring weaknesses that riddled the early days of peacekeeping. The UN was portrayed as a vulnerable institution without a spine which could not enact strong and effective policies to deal with interventions, and it was this view which led me to look at the three most decisive UN interventions conducted on the African continent since its inception. The interventions in Angola , Somalia and Congo , were all conducted at different stages of the UN’s reign , and as such they help paint a clearer image on how far the organisation has come from post-World War II , through the Cold War to the present day. A major tool of the UN in its unprecedented efforts has been its UN Charter , within which it manifests its principles and goals clearly and concisely, and it is through this framework that it has conducted itself in every UN peacekeeping mission. The Charter is the working document of the UN as it follows its guidelines in a diligent and stringent manner. However, this stance has led to it being exploited by more cunning leaders, or even finding itself in the complex situation of being tempted to disobey the Charter, due to its limiting and constraining nature. In this essay, I will focus primarily on a combination of all the approaches used in writing essays .As such I will describe the three peacekeeping missions I have chosen mainly the UNOSOM, UNAVEM and UNOC and explain their history up until their demise, while...
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...CHALLENGES OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND PROPOSE TACTICAL MEASURES TO OVERCOME THESE CRISES Introduction i) The United Nations The United Nations is an international organization instituted with a visionary goal and objective of promoting world peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the Charter, signed by member countries. Established in 1945 by 51 founding states, the institution has its headquarters at New York City. The focal point of the organization is focus on affairs of the government, politics, and diplomacy worldwide, and encompasses economic and social development programs. Implementation of these development schemes works to improve human rights and reduce conflicts among its member counties. ii) The UN Security Council The United Nations is composed of the General Assembly (for legislation), a Security Council (for the promotion of peace), a Secretariat (administration and information) as well as the International Court of Justice (for judicial matters). Under the Charter, the Security Council has a primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. The Security Council takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression. While the UN has had its fair share of success, it has also encountered several obstacles in its path of executing peacekeeping missions. This paper investigates the challenges that the Council has stumbled upon in its mandate to maintain world...
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... United Nations DPKO [1] These words illustrate the highest standards of integrity and conduct that need to be maintained and performed by the UN peacekeepers as required by the United Nations Organization. The world’s largest “club” embodies the aspirations of all the people of the world for maintaining peace and security of all its member states. It also at a glance demonstrates the main role or aims that have been made the responsibility of UN peacekeepers in relieving a conflict-torn country, although it relies on their dignity and restraint. Despite the many motivations behind UN peacekeepers (soldiers) joining the UN peace operations, such as compulsory military service, the opportunity for travel or adventure, to pursue a career, adding some skills that can be useful after retiring from service, or simply for better pay; many express their interest to bring peace to people and stability to an area wrecked by conflict.[2] My experience as a former UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 2004 until 2005 encouraged my intention to analyze what was going on there. UN peace operation has played its role twice in this country, with much of the “traditional peacekeeping” function being placed in the first UN “military operation” in the DRC. My question is whether the latter “giant” UN peace operation in the DRC (the largest ever) will end up being similar to the previous operation, especially regarding the problems and challenges faced...
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