The challenge in financing negotiations is to find a balance between national political priorities and the operational imperatives in peacekeeping missions, given the mandates set by the Security Council and the strategic realities facing the missions.
Tag: peacekeeping
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Accumulating evidence demonstrates the unique role that women play in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.
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Given the challenges in the field and a fiscal squeeze at HQ, should UN peacekeeping go back to basics?
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The UN bureaucracy needs to anticipate coming cuts and put forward proposals for troop reductions, while at the same time suggesting ambitious political strategies that could better and more sustainably contribute to protecting civilians in the medium term.
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Changes to financing have had the predictable knock-on effect of causing political arguments between the African Union, AMISOM troop-contributing countries, and some of the mission’s key partners, most notably the European Union.
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Improving the accountability of United Nations peacekeepers will be a key challenge for new Secretary-General António Guterres.
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The departure of such a robust operation still leaves a gap that is difficult to fill for the remaining security actors.
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China’s level of commitment to UNMISS objectives—and thus the general principles it would be expected to uphold in a DPKO leadership role—has been called into question.
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Slow progress in the peace process has not helped to decrease the appeal of jihadist groups, which have in the past served as a sort of military insurance policy against government forces, and have also provided lucrative illegal trafficking opportunities.
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For a policy tool that has been used since the 1940s, it is perhaps surprising that there is still no agreed list of tasks or set of criteria by which to measure the performance of UN peacekeepers.
