United Nations Peacekeeping: The Road to Success

Abstract

The level of success of the twenty United Nations peacekeeping operations conducted since the end of World War II has varied considerably. Some missions were successful, while others were failures, and yet others have perhaps become part of the problem. The author uses three case studies to determine the optimum climate for a successful peacekeeping operation: the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the United Nations Emergency Force II. While these operations were all conducted within a few hundred kilometers of each other, the effectiveness of each was strikingly different. The lessons learned from them apply to peacekeeping operations now under consideration in New York and to operations that will be planned in the future. The author identifies four critical factors in the formula for success: the agreement and cooperation of the belligerence, the drafting of the mandate, freedom of movement and the financial arrangements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 13, 1992
Accession Number
ADA247953

Entities

People

  • Christopher R. Wellwood

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Communities
  • Emergencies
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Lessons Learned
  • New York
  • Observers
  • Second World War
  • Social Sciences
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.