UN Peacekeeping
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • August 21, 2018
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The newest person to venture into kick-starting talks between the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots on the long-divided island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean is Jane Holl Lute. She is an American with a military and national-security background…
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- Kacie Candela
- • August 7, 2018
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Women have historically been underrepresented across the United Nations system, but notably in peacekeeping, one of the most highly visible activities of the world body. And while the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations publishes monthly data on troop- and…
- Categories: Peace and Security, UN Peacekeeping, Women
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- Opinion by Justine Masika Bihamba
- • July 26, 2018
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been placed on the United Nations Security Council agenda for several decades, in one form or another through various peacekeeping missions. The Council regularly meets on the status of the Congo, with the…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Susan Manuel
- • July 1, 2018
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The United Nations has been given the green light from its 193 member nations to embark on a major overhaul of its operations, based on a trio of reform proposals put forth by Secretary-General António Guterres in the last…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • May 20, 2018
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Since 1999, the United Nations Security Council has consistently entrusted its peacekeeping operations with clear authority to use force beyond self-defense — primarily for the protection of civilians. To fulfill the mandate, the Council expects UN peacekeeping forces to take…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Joe Penney
- • May 8, 2018
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A new series called “Peacebuilders,” offering a weekly podcast of interviews with a diverse array of African and other professionals on vital issues they confront in their work in East Africa, has been introduced by the Carnegie Corporation of…
- Categories: Africa, Geopolitics, Peace and Security, UN Peacekeeping
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- Opinion by Andrew McIndoe
- • May 3, 2018
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After seven years of horrific fighting, it appears that the Syrian civil war is inching toward a conclusion. In the wake of recent alleged chemical attacks unleashed in Eastern Ghouta, Bashar al-Assad’s regime is squeezing remaining rebel forces, largely…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Peace and Security, UN Peacekeeping
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- Giovanna Marques Kuele and Adriana Erthal Abdenur
- • April 23, 2018
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NAIROBI — With the budget cuts to peace operations implemented last year and the prospect of even more reduction in resources, debates about United Nations peacekeeping effectiveness have intensified. One of the areas sorely in need of innovation is…
- Categories: Africa, UN Peacekeeping
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 2, 2018
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As peacekeepers sweat and toil and risk their lives in some of the world’s most lethal settings — South Sudan, Mali, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo — it is incumbent on the United Nations and its…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • March 28, 2018
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Much ado — during 25 years of fruitless negotiations — has been made about the need for the United Nations General Assembly to achieve more equitable geographical representation in the UN Security Council. Article 23(1) of the UN Charter,…
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Barbara Crossette
- • March 16, 2018
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Responding to a December request from the General Assembly for details on how he proposes to staff and pay for sweeping changes in political affairs and peacekeeping at the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres has drafted a 50-page explanation…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Secretary-General, UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Relations
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- Joanne Myers
- • January 15, 2018
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Marie Deschamps is a former justice on the Supreme Court of Canada who led the groundbreaking 2015 United Nations report of an independent review on sexual exploitation and abuse by international peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic. Deschamps…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, UN Peacekeeping
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- Opinion by James Cunliffe
- • January 9, 2018
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The 15 deaths and 43 injuries to United Nations troop personnel in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in December would not, sadly, have surprised those of us who have served in peace enforcement…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Susan Manuel
- • December 27, 2017
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The horrific attack on United Nations peacekeepers from Tanzania in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in early December and the ensuing hours-long battle was a severe blow to one of the UN’s more prized forces, leaving 15 soldiers…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Geopolitics, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, UN Peacekeeping
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- Kacie Candela
- • December 26, 2017
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The South Sudan Council of Churches is an umbrella organization for seven Christian denominations — African Inland Church, Catholic, Episcopal, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Evangelical Presbyterian and Sudan Interior Church — working on peace and reconciliation in South Sudan and based…
- Categories: Africa, Geopolitics, Peace and Security, UN Peacekeeping
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