81. Peacekeeping - Enpsychlopedia The united nations Peacekeeping Force was Pearson s creation, and he is consideredthe father of the US Participation in UN peacekeeping operations http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/UN_peacekeeping

home resource directory disorders quizzes ... support forums Advertisement ( Peacekeeping (Redirected from UN peacekeeping Peacekeeping , as defined by the United Nations , is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace. UN The Charter of the United Nations gives the UN Security Council the power and responsibility to take collective action to maintain international peace and security. For this reason, the international community usually looks to the Security Council to authorize peacekeeping operations. Most of these operations are established and implemented by the United Nations itself with troops serving under UN operational command. In other cases, where direct UN involvement is not considered appropriate or feasible, the Council authorizes regional organizations such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation , the Economic Community of West African States or coalitions of willing countries to implement certain peacekeeping or peace enforcement functions. In modern times, peacekeeping operations have evolved into many different functions, including diplomatic relations with other countries, international bodies of justice (such as the International Criminal Court ), and eliminating problems such as landmines that can lead to new incidents of fighting.

82. Justice Learning united nations Peacekeeping It is not a nation. It has no standing army. And,yet, the united nations has more experience with war and peace than any nation http://www.justicelearning.org/viewissue.asp?issueID=15

83. United Nations Peacekeeping By Sanderson Beck Council established the united nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) . In 2005 united nations peacekeeping was spending an annual budget of http://www.san.beck.org/GPJ22b-UNPeacekeeping.html

BECK index United Nations Peacekeeping UN Peacekeeping During the Cold War UN Peacekeeping After the Cold War It is not by suppressing his views, but by forming his views on an independent basis and by consistently maintaining them that a Secretary-General can gain and maintain the confidence on which he is dependent. Dag Hammarskjold My country has steadfastly pursued over the years a policy of nonalignment, and friendship for all other nations whatever their ideologies. In my new role, I shall continue to maintain this attitude of objectivity, and to pursue the ideal of universal friendship. U Thant, November 3, 1961 UN Peacekeeping During the Cold War In addition to the five permanent members with veto power on the Security Council-Britain, China, France, Soviet Union, and United States-the first elected members of the Security Council were Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Mexico, Netherlands, and Poland. Iranians complained that the Soviet troops had not withdrawn from Iran by March 2, 1946 as agreed in the 1942 Tripartite Treaty; but after the Soviets promised that they would evacuate by May 6, the Iranians withdrew their complaint. Although the Ukrainian representative of the Soviet Union raised the issue of violence on the Greece-Albania border on August 24, 1946, when the United States proposed a commission to investigate, it was vetoed by the Soviet Union. On December 2 Greece complained to the Security Council that Communist guerrillas in northern Greece were being assisted by Albania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria. The Soviet Union did not block the Commission that was sent at the beginning of 1947, though they disagreed with its reports and vetoed resolutions. So the United States took the case to the General Assembly, which on October 21, 1947 by majority vote established the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans (UNSCOB) to be composed from all eleven nations of the Security Council, though the USSR and Poland did not participate. After Yugoslavia became more independent and left the Cominform organization in 1948, the Greek Communists received little support; UNSCOB was terminated in 1951.

84. Japan's Contributions To International Peace united nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Mar. 1964 to the present.9. Mission of the Representative of the SecretaryGeneral in the Dominican http://www.pko.go.jp/PKO_E/wpko_e.html

Introduction Japan's Contributions Current Operations (Golan Heights) Dispatch of Personnel ... Related Sites UN peacekeeping operations are activities undertaken by the UN to ensure international peace and security. The UN's success in resolving conflicts in various areas of the world is now widely recognized. The Origin of Peacekeeping Operations and Their Significance The UN, reflecting on the inability of its precursor, the League of Nations, to prevent World War II, made maintaining international peace and security one of its major aims from the start. Although Chapter 7 of the UN Charter empowers UN forces to use military force, during the Cold War centered on confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, which started soon after World War II, it was impossible to get all the permanent members of the UN Security Council to work together even when conflicts arose that endangered world peace, so that the UN was unable to deal with such conflicts adequately. Peacekeeping operations were devised as an alternative means of attempting to peacefully resolve armed conflicts around the world. In traditional peacekeeping operations military units from various member states (peacekeeping forces) perform such tasks as monitoring cease-fires, separating hostile forces, and maintaining buffer zones. Unarmed observers may also monitor cease-fires. All such operations are carried out with the agreement of the countries involved in conflict and the parties to the conflict.

85. Feinstein: New U.N. Peacekeeping Resolution Needed - Council On Foreign Relation There has been increasing discussion about getting the united nations more deeply The peacekeeping force would not have to be run by the united States. http://www.cfr.org/publication.php?id=6145

86. CorpWatch : Darfur Diplomacy: Enter The Contractors of a five nation 4500 strong peacekeeping force dispatched from the African united nations auditors subsequently reviewed the contract and presented http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11598

87. Australians And Peacekeeping The men are all wearing blue united nations (UN) caps. Australia has continuedto support the UN peacekeeping operation with between 1500 and 2000 http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/peacekeeping.htm

Australians and Peacekeeping Note on terminology: Peace support operations are often divided into "peacekeeping" (lightly armed) and "peace enforcement" (heavily armed), and sometimes into other categories as well. In this section, "peacekeeping" and "peacekeeping operation" are used as blanket terms to cover all impartial, multinational, military-based interventions into areas of conflict. A proud record Australia has had peacekeepers in the field with the United Nations continuously for over 50 years. In Indonesia in 1947, Australians were part of the very first group of UN military observers anywhere in the world, and were, in fact, the first into the field. Six multinational operations have been commanded by Australians: Lieutenant General Robert Nimmo was Chief Military Observer in Kashmir with the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, from 1950 to 1966 Lieutenant General John Sanderson was Force Commander with the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia, 1992 to 1993

88. CBC News Indepth: United Nations 1964 to Present The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is set up tomaintain a buffer zone between the island s Greek and Turkish residents. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/un/un_interventions.html

CBCCat = "Sports,News,Arts,Kids,Interactive"; Sports = "Hockey,Baseball,Football"; News = "Canada,World,SciTech,Local,Consumers,SpecialReports,Business"; Arts = "ArtsNews,Infoculture,Music,Books,ArtsFeatures"; Kids = "CBC4Kids,PreSchool,Teachers"; Interactive = "MessageBoards,Forums,Games,Media"; 10:25 AM EDT Sep 15 CBC is currently experiencing a labour disruption. Go to the official CBC negotiations site. View CBC's updated programming schedules. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at podium, addresses the 58th General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) INDEPTH: THE UNITED NATIONS History of UN interventions As of March 31, 2004, 1,890 members of UN peacekeeping operations have died while on duty. The UN has more than 50,000 people posted abroad as part of its missions either as military observers, civilian police or troops. June 1948 to Present: The Security Council calls for a halt in the Arab-Israeli war and establishes the first UN peacekeeping operation: the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO). Military observers remain in the region to monitor ceasefires, armistice agreements and to assist in peacekeeping operations. January 1949 to Present: The Security Council sends military observers to supervise ceasefire line agreements between Indian and Pakistan over the states of Jammu and Kashmir. The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) remains to prevent the situation from escalating and to monitor peacekeeping operations.

89. CBC NewsUN Peacekeeping Force Arrives In Flood-ravaged Haiti UN peacekeeping force arrives in floodravaged Haiti Last Updated Tue, 01 Jun2004 125415. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - The united nations on Tuesday took over http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/01/world/haiti040601

90. Missions Egypt, UNEF, 19561967, 6073, 1007, united nations Emergency Force. Cyprus,UNFICYP, 1964-, 6410, 1126, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/peacekeeping/missions-en.asp

Français Contact Us Help Search ... About Us Missions Peacekeeping Operations over the Years and Canada's Contribution (Note: Bold type indicates Canada is still contributing) Country or Area Short Form of Mission Name Time Length Size of Mission Max. Contri- bution Name of Operation and Mandate Balkans UNSCOB Unknown United Nations Special Committee On the Balkans. Observe whether Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia are complying with UN recommendations Korea UNTCOK United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea. Supervise elections in South Korea Middle East UNTSO UN Truce Supervision Organization. Supervise 1948 cease-fire and subsequent armistice and peace India, Pakistan UNMOGIP UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (Kashmir). Supervise cease-fire between India and Pakistan Korea UNCMAC Unknown UN Command Military Armistice Commission. Supervise 1953 armistice Indochina ICSC International Commission for Supervision and Control (non-UN mission). Supervise withdrawal of French forces Egypt UNEF United Nations Emergency Force. Supervise withdrawal of French, British and Israeli forces from Sinai Lebanon UNOGIL UN Observation Group in Lebanon. Ensure safety of Lebanese borders

91. Increased Efforts Needed To Train U.N. Peacekeeping Forces To Prevent HIV Transm Although there has been some progress in training UN peacekeeping forces and As many as 105 countries, most of them low and middle-income nations, http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=27712

92. BBC NEWS | World | Africa | UN Chief's Rwanda Genocide Regret The united nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has said he could and should have The head of the small UN peacekeeping force in Rwanda at the time, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3573229.stm

Home TV Radio Talk ... Newswatch LANGUAGES Arabic Somali French More Last Updated: Friday, 26 March, 2004, 22:18 GMT E-mail this to a friend Printable version UN chief's Rwanda genocide regret Annan headed UN peacekeepers at the time of 1994 genocide The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has said he could and should have done more to stop the genocide in Rwanda 10 years ago. At a memorial conference at the UN, Mr Annan said he realised he personally could have done more to rally support for international efforts to stop it. "The international community is guilty of sins of omission," Mr Annan said. The genocide - in which some 800,000 people died - occurred when Mr Annan was head of UN peacekeeping forces. I believed at that time that I was doing my best Kofi Annan The UN Security Council failed to reinforce the small UN peacekeeping force in the country. "The international community failed Rwanda and that must leave us always with a sense of bitter regret," Mr Annan said. He said the painful memory had influenced many of his later decisions as secretary general.

93. A Petition To The United Nations For A Military Peace Keeping Force For Angeles, A Petition to the united nations for a military peace keeping force for Angeles,Philippines Petition. http://www.petitiononline.com/48484848/petition.html

A Petition to the United Nations for a military peace keeping force for Angeles, Philippines View Current Signatures Sign the Petition To: United Nations This is a petition to the United Nations from the people of the Philippines. We are calling on the United Nations to place a peace keeping force of 5,000 military in Angels, Philipinnes. PURPOSE : The mission of the U.N. Military Peace force will be to put an end to the prostition slave camps which have resulted in the deaths of thousands of women and children. The U.N. force should set up an "Autonomous Zone" in Angeles, Philippines, which will come under the control of the U.N. for a period of Ten Years. he intitial role of the force will be to close all prostitution slave camps and rescue the estimated 200,000 women and children who are held captive there. The U.N. force should then provide emergency medical and safety to these women and children. The U.N. Force should arrest and detain all those involved in the operation, support and protection of the prostitution slave camps. Statements should be taken from the women and children victims.

94. U.N. Peacekeeping Mandate Stretched To The Limit / It's Now 'a Stressed-out Oper The united nations sent in a peacekeeping force, led by Australian officers.Another UN mission came in to supervise a combined military, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/25/MNGNMDEQNU1.DTL

95. UN Peacekeeping Operations Japanese Participation in united nations Peacekeeping Operations under theInternational Peace Cooperation united nations Disengagement Observer Force http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/un/pamph2000_archive/pko.html

UN Peacekeeping Operations Welcome Ceremony at Zionani Base on the Golan Heights As of 30 June 2000, 86 countries are taking part in UN peacekeeping operations, with a total personnel level of approximately 36,500. In accordance with the International Peace Cooperation Law, Japan has cooperated in peacekeeping operations in Angola, Cambodia, Mozambique, El Salvador, the Golan Heights and East Timor; in international humanitarian relief operations for Rwandan refugees and East Timorese displaced persons; and in international election monitoring activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Japan Joins UN Peacekeeping Operations Japan, as a responsible member of the international community, has been strenuously working for the maintenance of peace and security. Accordingly, participation in UN peacekeeping operations is today placed as one of Japan's important areas of cooperation for international peace and security. To date, Japan has also made contributions in kind. For example, Japan provided refugee relief materials such as tents and blankets to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) working for Kosovar refugees and East Timorese displaced persons in 1999. In the same year, Japan also provided the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) with radios for public information purposes in support of the direct ballot in August 1999. In addition to these field activities, Japan takes an active part in discussions in the United Nations to improve the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations. Japan, for example, has been serving as vice-chair for the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, the principal UN forum undertaking a comprehensive review of the questions related to peacekeeping operations.

96. CIVPOL Web Site MONUC The united nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congosays at least 30 people were burnt to death in their huts on Saturday night. http://www.civpol.org/

Quotes A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. Josef Stalin Most Wanted Home Your Account Support Forum Kosovo (UNMIK) Archive ... Missions News Be Active! Submit Article Feedback Surveys CIVPOL Links ... Recommend This Site Support Forum Go here www.secureaspects.com for real info Wanting to correspond with officers Haiti takers Afghanistan ... CIVPOL Web Site Forums Job Opportunities Click here to get access to UN Vacancies. CIVPOL E-Mail Email Login Password New users sign up Free E-mail service!! Would you like to have a visit card with @uncivpol.com address? Sign Up for CIVPOL E-mail!! Visitors TopTen Visitor Countries of CIVPOL Web Site. United States Netherlands Australia Germany ... See all Countries Encyclopedia UN Abbreviations Abbreviations and full name of UN missions Site Info Members List Search Statistics Top 10 List ... Stories Archive Miscellaneous Currency Yahoo! Weather Yahoo!Mail Languages Select Interface Language: Albanian Arabic Brazilian Catala Chinese Czech Danish Dutch English Euskara Finnish French Galego German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Macedonian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese CIVPOL.ORG IS A PRIVATE WEB SITE AND IT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE UNITED NATIONS OR ANY UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION

97. President Speaks To The United Nations General Assembly Members of the united nations, the Russian children did nothing to deserve The countries of the G8 will help this peacekeeping force with deployment http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/09/20040921-3.html

Issues Hurricane Relief Homeland Security Judicial Nominations ... RSS Feeds News by Date August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 ... White House Interactive Appointments Nominations Application Federal Facts Federal Statistics West Wing History Home September 2004 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary September 21, 2004 President Speaks to the United Nations General Assembly United Nations Headquarters New York, New York President's Remarks view listen 11:00 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen: Thank you for the honor of addressing this General Assembly. The American people respect the idealism that gave life to this organization. And we respect the men and women of the U.N., who stand for peace and human rights in every part of the world. Welcome to New York City, and welcome to the United States of America. During the past three years, I've addressed this General Assembly in a time of tragedy for my country, and in times of decision for all of us. Now we gather at a time of tremendous opportunity for the U.N. and for all peaceful nations. For decades, the circle of liberty and security and development has been expanding in our world. This progress has brought unity to Europe, self-government to Latin America and Asia, and new hope to Africa. Now we have the historic chance to widen the circle even further, to fight radicalism and terror with justice and dignity, to achieve a true peace, founded on human freedom.

98. Terrorism: Q & A | Peacekeeping And The U.N. The UN resolution explicitly authorizes the peacekeeping force “to take all necessary Is the united States playing any role in the peacekeeping force? http://cfrterrorism.org/afghanistan/peacekeeping.html

Table of Contents Home Afghanistan The Country ... Al-Qaeda (Afghanistan, Islamists) Osama bin Laden (al-Qaeda leader) Hamas, Islamic Jihad (Palestinian Islamists) Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (Palestinian nationalists) PFLP, DFLP, PFLP-GC (Palestinian leftists) Hezbollah (Lebanon, Islamists) Jamaat al-Islamiyya, Egyptian Islamic Jihad (Egypt, Islamists) Armed Islamic Group (Algeria, Islamists) Kashmir Militant Extremists (Kashmir, Islamists) Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (Iranian rebels) Abu Nidal Organization (Iraq, extremists) Kach, Kahane Chai (Israel, extremists) Chechnya-based Terrorists (Russia, separatists) East Turkestan Islamic Movement (China, separatists) Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Turkey, separatists) Jemaah Islamiyah (Southeast Asia, Islamists) Abu Sayyaf Group (Philippines, Islamist separatists) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Sri Lanka, separatists) Irish Republican Army (U.K., separatists) IRA Splinter Groups (U.K., separatists) Northern Ireland Loyalist Paramilitaries (U.K., extremists) Basque Fatherland and Liberty (Spain, separatists) November 17, Revolutionary People’s Struggle

99. UN Forces Toughen Up | Csmonitor.com But a fundamental shift is under way within UN peacekeeping the blue William Nash, who led US forces into Bosnia, then the UN mission in Kosovo. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0615/p01s04-wogi.html

WORLD USA COMMENTARY LEARNING ... Text Edition Search: Special Offer: Subscribe to the Monitor and get 32 issues FREE! Africa Americas Asia Pacific ... Global Issues Also see: Iraq in Transition A daily update World Stories: for 09/15/2005 UN leaders endorse modest reforms Afghan ballots carry mullahs, jihadis, women Remember Daniel Ortega? He's back. Iraqi insurgents are a moving target ... more projects... Most-viewed stories: (for 09/14/05) Arrest of American reopens criticism of Australian detentions Cost of Katrina to hit budget hard For Roberts, path to high court splits candor, caution Guess what doesn't get screened by airlines? Diplomatic pouches. ... Global Issues from the June 15, 2005 edition Click here for image SOURCE: UNITED NATIONS; RICH CLABAUGH - STAFF UN forces toughen up By Michael J. Jordan NEW YORK "Neutrality" and "impartiality" are principles that have undergirded the United Nations since its inception 60 years ago. But a fundamental shift is under way within UN peacekeeping: the blue helmets are getting a stronger mandate, pushing the boundaries of impartiality in an effort to restore lost credibility. In the Monitor Thursday, 09/15/05

100. Burundi: Amnesty International's Recommendations On The Deployment Of UN Peaceke pending deployment of the UN peacekeeping force, to instruct the to ensurethat the UN peacekeeping force comprises sufficient numbers and has adequate http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR160152004?open&of=ENG-BDI

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