WHAT CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESSFUL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

What conditions contribute to successful peacekeeping operations



Introduction

Peacekeeping is an activity that aims to create the conditions for lasting peace. Peacekeeping has much of a difference from peace building and peacemaking. People who are in the operation of peace keeping or are heading the operation of peacekeeping are known as the peacekeepers (Page 2004). In this operation, the peacekeepers monitor and observe the complete process in post conflict areas and assist ex-combatants in implementing the peace agreements they may have signed. This sort of an assistance can be acquired through a number of sources, which may include building confidence, sharing the powers, enhancing the law, social and economic development etc. as per the security council of the UN, the peacekeeping authority can deploy soldiers, police and other people in order to maintain the peace.

Main Body

It is the United Nations higher authority that has given the authority to the UN Security Council to make sure that the world peace is maintained (Worboys,2007). It is usually a voluntarily call towards the united nations by a country to try and help them with the security issues. The enforcement of united nation for peacemaking would come into action when the government fails to deploy peace, and other countries are at a greater risk. A majority of the operations are triggered by the united nation itself, as none of the country so far has called for a peacekeeping support. The operations were started off in countries where war had taken place. In a condition like this, when the decision is taken by the UN, the army that is used, is the army of the specific country as the UN does not have an army to start the operations and neither does it have army to fight wars. United Nations is just a council that was established to maintain peace. There may raise a number of situations where the direct involvement of the united nation would not be required, in a situation like this, UN appoints a body to carry out the operations. One of such bodies is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) which is currently operating in Afghanistan to try and ensure peace is maintained. The NATO operations started in Afghanistan after things went out of control for the government and the Talibanization movement was at its peak. The entire world was at a threat of security after the major incident of 9/11 attacks. In a situation like this, there was an immense need to take necessary steps to maintain the peace, and the NATO was hired to carry out the operations in Afghanistan. It is not just the UN that is the only organization that tries to ensure the peace and security over the world. As mentioned earlier, it is also NATO that carries out the peacekeeping operations. The general motive for such operations is pretty concise and clear. So far, peacekeeping has proven to be one of the most effective tools available to the UN to assist ...