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The UN security system

The UN security system. The UN peace operations- definitions Institutional arrangements Institutional adaptation debate Limitations to the UN capacity in contemporary crisis management. The UN peace operations.

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The UN security system

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  1. The UN security system • The UN peace operations- definitions • Institutional arrangements • Institutional adaptation debate • Limitations to the UN capacity in contemporary crisis management

  2. The UN peace operations • Conceptual framework- the UN Charter (Preamble), Security Council Resolutions, General Assembly Resolutions, Reports of the Secretary-General, Security Council Presidential Statements • Preventive diplomacy and Peace-making (preventive deployment, disarmament, humanitarian action, and peace building) • Peace-keeping- 1st generation, humanitarian intervention (2nd generation) • Peace building • Humanitarian intervention

  3. UN institutional arrangements • The Security Council- authorises missions, Military Staff Committee, Peacekeeping Operations and Missions • The General Assembly- Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (4th Committee) • The Secretariat: Department of Political Affairs and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO); The Secretary-General and his/her Special Representatives, Emissaries, Special Envoys

  4. Institutional adaptation debate- The Brahimi Report • The political centre of decision-making: strategic planning and political direction • Operational centre of decision-making: Integrated Mission Task Forces and the concept ‘rapid and effective deployment capacity’ (UN standby arrangements system- UNSAS

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