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Title:Peacekeeping in Africa: Prospects for the Future?
Author:Nkiwane, TandekaISNI
Year:2001
Periodical:African Journal of Political Science
Volume:6
Issue:2
Period:December
Pages:97-108
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:UN
peacekeeping forces
Politics and Government
Inter-African Relations
External link:https://d.lib.msu.edu/ajps/113/OBJ/download
Abstract:This article discusses peacekeeping in Africa, primarily, though not exclusively, of the United Nations. More specifically, it examines some problems associated with the expanded utilization of peace enforcement in the absence of an international consensus on the norms and principles governing the collective use of force in various dimensions. The concept of 'farming out' peacekeeping, both to regional organizations and to willing coalitions of member States, is reviewed. It is argued that, almost invariably, collective peacekeeping in the post-Cold War period has been executed in a haphazard and ill-defined manner. It is also argued that largely because of such shortcomings, credibility and legitimacy of the United Nations as the ultimate guarantor of international peace and security has all but been lost. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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