Bringing an end to “Christmas tree” mandates is only a good idea if this bureaucratic measure is complemented by the other political and material commitments in the A4P declarations.
Tag: peacekeeping
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The UN has always faced a gap between its aspiration and performance. Yet, as Sir Brian observed, the UN is the only global design for the daunting task of managing both conflict and progress.
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The UN’s special political missions are paid for out of the UN’s regular budget, but paying for most peacekeeping missions involving police and military contingents is much more complicated.
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Today, Secretary-General António Guterres is convening a High-Level Event with over 101 heads of state and government, an extraordinary convergence of countries reaffirming their commitment to UN peacekeeping.
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The budget passed by the Fifth Committee and the peacekeeping reform proposals illuminate the conceptual issues at hand in peacekeeping.
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As UN peace operations increasingly take on counterterrorism and C/PVE roles, the risks of replicating the costly failures of the past are very real.
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This is a delicate year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with a general election scheduled for December, two years late, and a lot of unknowns about the resulting aftermath. While Joseph Kabila announced he will respect the constitutional term limits for the presidency, there are still concerns over whether a credible election […]
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The A4P process doesn’t introduce fresh proposals, but Security Council members can make good use of it to review their expectations of existing UN peace operations, and to revamp the mandating process.
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Nobody wants to create a complex or time-consuming reporting system to track A4P. The best option would be to find light-weight mechanisms.
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This session of the Fifth Committee saw member states posturing and positioning ahead of what will be extremely contentious negotiations this fall on the budgetary scales of assessment.
