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under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter in the Security Council Resolution 1270 (Mangen, 2015: 29). Resolution 1270 “clearly equipped UNAMSIL with Chapter 7 powers….the UN [needed] a robust mandate to tackle potential spoilers” in Sierra Leone, because UNAMSIL was adequately prepared for its mission with Chapter 7 capabilities it was able to better protect the civilians in Sierra Leone and effectively end the war in Sierra Leone (Mangen, 2015: 29). Security Council Resolution 1313 further strengthened…

the Japanese decided to take over the world. No policeman stopped them, at first. The U.N. can’t be the police of the world... Most people would say the United Nations. Actually, the United…

Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been in political turmoil. Presently, the nation has 3 competing governments, the latest of which, the Government of National Accord (GNA), was formed in 2015 UN-brokered talks, in a failed attempt to create a single ruling government. This political disorder has disrupted oil production, creating a looming economic crisis. The situation in Libya is a threat to both human security and international security. State capacity has disintegrated, allowing the state to…

The United Nations was created in the aftermath of World War II and served as a replacement for the ineffective League of Nations. The purpose of this intergovernmental establishment was to promote international co-operation and to preserve a firm foundation for peace. However, the United Nations is remarkably more than simply an organization that secures peace and resolves conflicts. It is engaged in an expansive array of work that focuses on improving the lives of many around the globe; it…

From the United States’ perspective, Rwanda was insignificant. The impoverished country had no economic power or global recognition. The U.S. had no investments in Rwanda’s economy, no interest in its natural resources, and no political incentive to protect Rwandan citizens. In fact, before the conflict began…

year going to an ineffective, unnecessary, and expensive program. The United Nations is ineffective, because it does not uphold its promises. It is expensive because we spend 6.8 billion dollars a year on a failing program. Lastly it is unnecessary because countries already have their own resources and programs. We should abolish the United Nations because it is needless, unproductive, and expensive. The United Nations is unproductive seeing as it does not, do one thing it promises to do…

In January 2013 France launched Operation Serval in the former French colony of Mali as a humanitarian intervention, with the blessing and an official mandate by the UN Security Council after an official request by the Malian interim government, led by interim president Dioncounda Traoré, for French military assistance. The official request came after Islamist militants who held northern Mali launched a military offensive against the government-controlled south. The goal of Operation Serval…

has absolute power within its own territory persons of necessity have no legal standing against a sovereign state. Therefore, intervening in a sovereign state’s affairs would have been peculiar to the international community. The United Nations (UN) Security Council, in 1999 failed to authorise actions to spot or curb “ethnic cleansing” in Kosovo. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) took the responsibility to do an aerial bombardment without permission of the UN Security Council which…

involves the help from the United Nations’ military force. The United Nations (UN) formed with only 51 countries in 1945, but now contains 192 countries, which have formed a military force made up of volunteers from the member-states. This military force, known as peacekeepers, does not have the authority to intervene with force into other countries, therefore according to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (2008), they also work to reform…

(2008) Procedures in International Law, University of Dublin, Ireland p.193-195 Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice, San Francisco (1945) Farrall, J.M (2007), United Nations and the Rule of Law, Cambridge University Press, New York p. 7, 33-37 Farrall, J. and Rubenstein. K, (eds) (2009) Sanctions, Accountability and Governance in a Globalised World, Cambridge University…