At the end of the Second World War, the United States, Soviet Union and Britain joined forces and created an organization called The United Nations (UN). Its main purpose has been to maintain international peace and avoid conflict and war between nations. Nowadays, almost all the states are active members of the UN. Even though its role is acting as a peacekeeper, there have been several wars around the world resulting in thousands of murders, even genocides, weakening substantially people’s reliance on them.
The strengths and weaknesses in its role of peacekeeping not only depend on them as such. In particular, the UN can only do what its members allow it to do. Some of the failures that have been attributed to them have direct responsibility …show more content…
The main objective was to prevent major power confrontations across global faultlines based on the three key principles of consent, neutrality and non-use of force . The creation of the Security Council and the Power of Veto was one of the strengths from this period designed to make fair any decision or resolution adopted. However, the hostile relationship among the major powers and the multiplication of missions without a coherent policy or integrated military made tough any intervention. Instead of enforcing international peace, USA and the Soviet Union developed their own means to maintain their areas secured through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact …show more content…
Two examples of the role of assisting transition are the United Nations Transition Assistance Group in Namibia (UNTAG) and the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
In Namibia the UNTAG was created with the aim to help them carrying out a peaceful independence from South Africa. For the first time in history, the purpose was political rather than military. Basically, the tasks were protecting the borders to maintain law and order and also keep Namibia free from any outside interference. At the end the elections were held peacefully, free and fair without corruption. Howard (2002) argues the mission was successful because of three reasons: “the interests of the powerful States on the Security Council, the situational difficulty of the civil war and the ability of UNTAG to learn from, and adapt to, the needs of the post-civil war
The strengths and weaknesses in its role of peacekeeping not only depend on them as such. In particular, the UN can only do what its members allow it to do. Some of the failures that have been attributed to them have direct responsibility …show more content…
The main objective was to prevent major power confrontations across global faultlines based on the three key principles of consent, neutrality and non-use of force . The creation of the Security Council and the Power of Veto was one of the strengths from this period designed to make fair any decision or resolution adopted. However, the hostile relationship among the major powers and the multiplication of missions without a coherent policy or integrated military made tough any intervention. Instead of enforcing international peace, USA and the Soviet Union developed their own means to maintain their areas secured through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact …show more content…
Two examples of the role of assisting transition are the United Nations Transition Assistance Group in Namibia (UNTAG) and the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
In Namibia the UNTAG was created with the aim to help them carrying out a peaceful independence from South Africa. For the first time in history, the purpose was political rather than military. Basically, the tasks were protecting the borders to maintain law and order and also keep Namibia free from any outside interference. At the end the elections were held peacefully, free and fair without corruption. Howard (2002) argues the mission was successful because of three reasons: “the interests of the powerful States on the Security Council, the situational difficulty of the civil war and the ability of UNTAG to learn from, and adapt to, the needs of the post-civil war