The United Nations and international peacekeeping

Author(s)

• Zacarias, Agostinho

Bibliographic Information

The United Nations and international peacekeeping

Agostinho Zacarias

（Library of international relations, 7）

I.B. Tauris , Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by St Martin's Press, 1996

Note

"Reprinted in 1999 by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd ... First published in 1996 by Tauris Academi Studies"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-223) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

With the demise of superpower hegemony, the increasing fragility of existing political structures and the proliferation of nuclear weaponry, international peacekeeping and the role of the UN have become vital in international politics and relations. This book contributes to the debate.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 - Peace and the United Nations: concepts of peace
• the implementation of concepts of peace
• the essence of peacekeeping forces
• the guiding principles of peacekeeping forces. Chapter 2 - The system: the structure of the United Nations
• the establishment of peacekepping operations
• the structure of peacekeeping operations
• the legal aspets of peacekeeping operations
• financing peacekeeping operations. Chapter 3 - Peacekeeping - first steps: UNEF I
• ONUC
• UNEF II
• UNMOGIP and UNFICYP
• UNTAG
• Central and Latin America. Chapter 4 - Peacekeeping at the crossroads: UNAVEM II
• UNOSOMI, UNITAF and UNOSOM II. Chapter 5 - Peacekeeping - difficult cases: UNTAC
• UNPROFOR. Chapter 6 - Peacekeeping - the rebirth of hope: ONUMOZ
• the lessons of Mozambique. Chapter 7 - Regional organisations and peacekeeping: The organisation of the American States
• the Arab League
• the conference on security and co-operation in Europe, the European Community and NATO
• the organisation of African Unity
• Liberia and ECOMOG - a regional organisation in action
• assessing the role of regional organisations. Chapter 8 - A new nature and scope for peacekeeping: electoral assistance and monitoring
• disarmament, demobilisation and arms control
• mine clearance
• preventitive deployment
• participation in governing functions
• huamnitarian aid
• protection of inhabitants of a region within the boundries of a state
• an increasing tendency to use force
• special features of recent experiences. Chapter 9 - Some problems of peacekeeing: conceptual problems
• structural problems
• operational problems
• the human rights issue. Chapter 10 - The future of peacekeeping: facing new challenges
• rethinking enforcement
• capturing the interest of the international community. Chapter 11 - The troubled path of peacekeeping: living with intervention, prevention or cure?
• the financial constraints.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA50795117
• ISBN:
  • 1860640656
• LCCN: 95062332
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York,New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 230 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JX1981.P7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United Nations -- Armed Forces
  • LCSH : International police
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA26515859