Scientific article
Published:
UN-Friedenssicherung und Terrorismusbekämpfung: seltsame Bettgenossen?
Written by
John Karlsrud
Research Professor, Head of the Research group on Peace, Conflict and Development
Ed.
Summary:
English summary: UN Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism: Uncomfortable Bedfellows?
Based on the case of the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the article argues that UN peacekeeping neither is, nor will be ready operationally, doctrinally or politically to take on counterterrorism tasks. Such a development will jeopardize the legal protection of UN staff, and the ability of the UN to be an impartial arbiter of conflict, and for other parts of the UN family to carry out humanitarian work. The article thus argues that MINUSMA is an anomaly in the history of UN peacekeeping, and should be avoided as an example for future operations.
Based on the case of the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the article argues that UN peacekeeping neither is, nor will be ready operationally, doctrinally or politically to take on counterterrorism tasks. Such a development will jeopardize the legal protection of UN staff, and the ability of the UN to be an impartial arbiter of conflict, and for other parts of the UN family to carry out humanitarian work. The article thus argues that MINUSMA is an anomaly in the history of UN peacekeeping, and should be avoided as an example for future operations.
- Published year: 2017
- Full version: http://www.dgvn.de/journal-vereinte-nationen/2017/
- Language: Tysk
- Pages: 153 - 158
- Volume: 65
- Booklet: 4
- Journal: Vereinte Nationen