U.N. Peacekeeping: GAO's Access to Records on Executive Branch Decision-making

Abstract

This letter provides you information about the status of our efforts, as of March 5, 2001, to obtain access to executive branch records needed to complete the study requested by your committee. On November 18, 1999, as prior Chairman of the Committee, Congressman Benjamin Gilman requested a study of the process used by the executive branch to approve several U.N. peacekeeping operations and of its consultation with Congress about these decisions. In requesting this study, Congressman Gilman expressed concern about U.S. decisions to support new or expanded U.N. operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Timor, Kosovo, and Sierra Leone. His view was that these operations did not have clear end points and, over several years, could result

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 06, 2001
Accession Number
ADA387615

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