Somalia and the changing nature of peacekeeping
Subtitle: the implications for Canada
By: Allen G. Sens.
Contributors: Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia.
Publisher: The Commission
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Canada. -- Canadian Armed Forces; Security, International; International police
Description: This study examines the changing nature of UN peacekeeping operations, with particular emphasis on the Somalia experience. The study also explores the implications of the changing nature of peacekeeping for Canadian foreign and defence policy. The author concludes that structural factors in the form of the changing nature of peacekeeping operations cannot fully or adequately explain the incidents of misconduct by members of the Canadian Airborne Battle Group in Somalia.

The author recommends that Canada continue to participate in UN peacekeeping operations as they remain consistent with Canadian foreign policy interests in the post-Cold War world. However, in order to reconcile future demand with increasingly limited resources, Canada should expand its capacity to deploy smaller military and/or civilian formations with specialized capabilities to fill niche roles within UN missions when regular formed units are unavailable for expeditionary duties.
Notes: "A study prepared for the Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia".

Issued also in French under title: La Somalie et l'évolution du maintien de la paix.

Includes bibliographical references.