PAX 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: United Nations Transition Assistance Group, United Nations Peacekeeping, Humanitarian Intervention
25 Sep 2017
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The u. s. is, however, the number 1 contributor to un peacekeeping operations in terms of money. This list shows the top 10 contributing countries, and the u. s. stands out as more than double the second in the list. In general, it has been the position of the u. s. since the early 1990s to support peacekeeping with money rather than troops. The u. s. took this position after the unsuccessful attempt at humanitarian intervention in somalia which led to deaths and mockery of u. s. soldiers at the hands of locals. Un peacekeeping forces have had many successes, and here is one example. Nations transition assistance group (untag) was a un peacekeeping force deployed from 1989 to 1990 in namibia. Namibia had been occupied by south africa for decades. A war for namibia"s independence had finally ended with a ceasefire agreement and a plan for. Un peacekeeping forces were sent in to supervise the ceasefire and monitor south african withdrawal.
