Peace Enforcement
Subtitle: The United Nations Experience in Congo, Somalia, and Bosnia
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: May 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780275969066
Subjects: Cultural studies; Peacekeeping operations; United Nations & UN agencies; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Bulgaria; Congo; Somalia; Government - Comparative; International Relations - General; Peace; Political Science / International Relations; Bosnia and Hercegovina; Congo (Democratic Republic); Peacekeeping forces; United Nations
First sentence: On 31 January 1992, the United Nations Security Council met at the level of the heads of government for the first time.
Description: "Boulden argues that, while problematic, peace enforcement is a potentially viable tool for the United Nations. The implementation of peace enforcement operations does, however, present the United Nations with a number of complicated challenges. Three factors have the power to influence the outcome of such operations. Without an adequate mandate, and - most importantly - without sufficient resources, the likelihood of success is low.

Further, the maintenance of impartiality in the implementation of the operation (as opposed to whether or not the mandate itself is impartial) is critical to the chances of a positive outcome. Over all, the Security Council needs to have a greater awareness about the potential difficulties inherent in peace enforcement mandates and, accordingly, to take greater care in designing and monitoring these operations."--BOOK JACKET.