1. Broadening the Base of United Nations Troop-and Police-Contributing Countries
- Author:
- Paul D. Williams and Alex J. Bellamy
- Publication Date:
- 08-2012
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- International Peace Institute (IPI)
- Abstract:
- Today, United Nations (UN) peacekeeping stands at another crossroads. With consistently high demands for peacekeepers and an expanding range of mandated tasks, the UN faces the challenge of finding more, and better, peacekeepers. This comes at a time when financial austerity measures are being imposed across much of the world and in a political context where the UN must compete with other international organizations to recruit peacekeepers from what is a relatively limited global pool of relevant capabilities. To meet the challenge, the UN's New Horizon initiative and the General Assembly's Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) have called for an “expanding of the pool of available capabilities.” The Providing for Peacekeeping Project was established by the International Peace Institute to inform and assist this endeavor.
- Topic:
- Conflict Resolution, United Nations, Law Enforcement, and Peacekeeping