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Peacekeeping*
The United Nations was established to
save succeeding generations from
the scourge of war and one of its
main purposes is to maintain
international peace and security.
The Charter of the United Nations calls
upon the peoples of the world "to
unite our strength to maintain
international peace and security", and
charges the Security Council with the
task of "determining the existence of
Peacekeeping originated and evolved
in a largely ad hoc basis. Each
operation has been tailor-made to
meet the demands of a specific
conflict.
o Chapter VI outlines specific means
which countries may use to settle
disputes: negotiations, inquiry,
mediation, conciliation, arbitration,
judicial settlement, resort to regional
institutions or arrangements or other
peaceful means.
o Chapter VII provides for enforcement
What is Peacekeeping?
Peacekeepers are people helping the
parties to a conflict to resolve their
differences peacefully.
Traditionally, peacekeeping
operations fall into two main
categories:
1. observer missions and
2. peacekeeping forces.
. Observer missions usually consist of
unarmed military and civilian
personnel who monitor the
Department of
Peacekeeping
DPKOtraces its rootsOperations
to 1948 with the
creation of the first UN peacekeeping
operations:
UN Truce Supervision Organization (
UNTSO)
and
UN Military Observer Group in India
and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
.
The Department of Peacekeeping
Operations (DPKO) is dedicated to
assisting the Member States and the
How a peacekeeping
operation
starts
Set up by the Security Council, the
UN organ with primary responsibility
for maintaining international peace
and security
The Council decides the operation's
size, its overall objectives and its
time frame.
Member States decide whether to
participate in a mission and, if so,
what personnel and equipment they
are willing to offer
UN Peacekeeping is guided by three
basic principles:
1. Consent of the parties;
2. Impartiality;
3. Non-use of force except in self-
defense and defense of the mandate.
Depending on their mandate,
peacekeeping operations may be
required to:
. Deploy to prevent the outbreak of
conflict or the spill-over of conflict
across borders;
. Stabilize conflict situations after a
Assist in implementing
comprehensive peace agreements;
Lead states or territories through a
transition to stable government,
based on democratic principles, good
governance and economic
development.
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