Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Greek Civil War, Economic Sanctions, Dayton Agreement
18 Apr 2013
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Un was unable to perform its collective security functions because of the disagreement between the us and the su in the security council. Korean anomaly=only example of un collective security action. Origin of un peacekeeping: observer and true supervision missions. 1948 after arab-israeli war, in 1949 after war between india and pakistan. Impartiality: no sides should be favoured by un. Nonhostile and lightly armed personnel: un peacekeepers were unarmed or lightly armed for self-defence only. Consent: consent of the parties for un force to be dispatched and to remain. Keep, but don"t make, the peace: had to have a peace to keep. Military personnel: un operations were carried out primarily by individuals with military status. Proper authorization: generally under authorization of security council, although some earlier cases were authorized by the ga. Nonterritoriality: peacekeepers patrolled a zone that had been negotiated by parties to a dispute. Character of peacekeeping operations began to change by 1990-91 because:
