Peace operations / Comment
Trends in Peacekeeping Operations
22/03/2007 By Publicaciones FRIDE
Year 2006 has witnessed deep changes in political and strategic scenario of peace-keeping operations, many of which could not have happened at the onset of the year.
Remarkable progress has been made, such as, the UN supervision of the elections held in Haiti and, more surprisingly, of the ones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
However, these have been counterbalanced (and, frequently, outshined) by larger challenges, such as the return of international troops and police forces to East Timor after violence escalated again; the harsh opposition the NATO forces had to deal with in Afghanistan; and the need to keep the troops from the African Union (AU) in Darfur while Sudan’s government hindered the deployment of the UN forces in the region.
Nevertheless, there have also been surprises like the UN troops sent over to Lebanon, headed mainly by European countries.
The challenges faced in 2006 gave rise to a new, major expansion of the peacekeeping forces from the UN and other international and regional organisations.
This Comment is a contribution of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. The book can be purchased at Lynne Rienner Publishers.
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