Why COVID-19 offers a chance to transform UN peacekeeping: Peacekeepers patrol the premises of a UN civilian protection site in Juba Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP via Getty ImagesPeacekeeping may be entering a period of major change. Over the past four years, there has been a steady decline in the number of peacekeepers deployed worldwide. And two of the largest peacekeeping … [Read more...] about Why COVID-19 offers a chance to transform UN peacekeeping | The Conversation
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COVID-19 stalls peacekeeping troop rotation in South Sudan | The Conversation
COVID-19 stalls peacekeeping troop rotation in South Sudan: Members of the South Korean peacekeeping unit at their base in the city of Bor, Jonglei State, South Sudan in July 2015 EPA/YONHAP In early March, South Sudan’s Chief of Defence Forces, Gabriel Jok Riak, asked the Force Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in South Sudan to suspend the peacekeeping … [Read more...] about COVID-19 stalls peacekeeping troop rotation in South Sudan | The Conversation
UN peacekeeping is stymied by serious contradictions. They need to be resolved | The Conversation
UN peacekeeping is stymied by serious contradictions. They need to be resolved: The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. UN/Isaac BillyFor three decades, UN peace operations have been falling into the same traps because stakeholders don’t want to tackle some of the contradictions confronting peacekeeping. Professor Paul D. Williams from George Washington University recently … [Read more...] about UN peacekeeping is stymied by serious contradictions. They need to be resolved | The Conversation
For the first time, a reliable count of Somalia peacekeeping deaths | The Conversation
For the first time, a reliable count of Somalia peacekeeping deaths: Kenyan soldiers at a prayer service in 2016 to honour compatriots killed in an attack on their Somali base by Al-Shabaab militants. EPA/Daniel IrunguThe African Union (AU) leaves it to troop-contributing countries to release information about casualties in its peace operation in Somalia. To date, no country … [Read more...] about For the first time, a reliable count of Somalia peacekeeping deaths | The Conversation
Realism should guide the next generation of UN peacekeeping | The Conversation
Realism should guide the next generation of UN peacekeeping: UN peacekeepers from South Africa in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012. EPA/Dai KurokawaSince the first United Nations peacekeeping operation was deployed to oversee a ceasefire in the Arab-Israeli war seven decades ago, more than 70 peacekeeping operations have been established. Fourteen remain … [Read more...] about Realism should guide the next generation of UN peacekeeping | The Conversation
