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MIROVNE MISIJE UJEDINJENIH NARODA I ISKUSTVO NA JUGOISTOKU EUROPE
UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS AND EXPERIENCE IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

Author(s): Ivana Primorac Bilaver
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru
Keywords: United Nations; collective safety; peacekeeping missions; humanitarian operations

Summary/Abstract: The paper shows principle of the United Nations activities and establishment of mechanisms unforeseen by the Charter – peacekeeping operations. Their particularities and stage development are especially analyzed. Area of South-East Europe is geographically, historically and geostrategically bordered in different ways, but in this paper it is limited to area of former Yugoslavia. The paper analyzes mechanisms and problems of initiating peacekeeping operations and criteria in accordance to which their successfulness is rated. Problems of late perception of conflicts in former Yugoslavia are also pointed out. It has been also tried to find the answer if the traditional peacekeeping was a part of choosing the wrong strategy of UN involvement.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 355-383
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Croatian