Financing Peace - A Moral Imperative and Price of World Leadership for the United States
Abstract
The end of the Cold War promised a Peace Dividend. The potential for a major conflict between two great nuclear powers (USSR and the United States) has dissipated, but the number of crisis spots that the United Nations is concerned with has increased. Failing nation states and evolving democracies are on the rise. Financing peace involves much more than just resourcing UN sponsored peace operations. It includes properly resourcing the United Nations with basic funding, provision of military forces for UN sponsored operations, and sufficient funding for humanitarian assistance and other international aid. The U.S. has accrued significant dues in arrears of UN regular budget and peacekeeping assessments resulting in much debate and concern about the stability of the UN. This paper focuses on the special role that the United States has in financing the United Nations and its peace operations. It reviews the origin of the UN, the mandate for Chapter VI and Chapter VII peace operations, and the assessments (ways) required to properly resource (means) requirements (ends).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 15, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA389083
Entities
People
- Aaron P. Gillison
Organizations
- United States Army War College