Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century

Contributions by Kofi A. Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Michael W. Doyle, Jan Eliasson, Gareth Evans, Thomas M. Franck, François Heisbourg, Ismat Kittani, Ali A. Mazrui director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY Binghamton, Edward Mortimer, Sadako Ogata, Olara A. Otunnu, Adam Roberts, John Roper, Salim Ahmed Salim, J M. Sanderson, Brian Urquhart Edited by Olara A. Otunnu, Michael W. Doyle, Nelson Mandela

Publication date:

19 March 1998

Length of book:

320 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

238x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780847687268

The UN's record in peace operations is long, various, distinguished by both accomplishments and failures, and most importantly, innovative. Unfulfilled expectations and escalating violence in Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia forced retrenchment upon UN peace operations_but at the same time, a new opportunity to enhance capacities, review strategies, redefine roles, and reaffirm responsibilities has opened up. Here, a dynamic group of leading diplomats, academics, and journalists combines forces with UN policymakers and leaders including current Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to explore how the international community can improve its practice in negotiating and implementing peace. They look at what works and what doesn't in UN peacemaking and peacekeeping, and then map out alternative futures for UN action in the 21st century.
These essays, on the whole, are noteworthy for the freshness of their approach.