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I feel this page should be more of a disambig page. Right now, it just redirects to United Nations Peacekeeping, but there are other peacekeeping missions, like the KFOR lead Kosovo Force. Under is a suggestion:
{{ disambig}}
The word Peacekeeping can refer to different peacekeeping forces:
Please come with suggestions etc. before I make the change! -- Vikingstad 19:20, Mar 17, 2004 (UTC)
I have been working on a new outline and framework for this page which I think will be more cogent and organized. It's not complete yet, but what I have so far can be found in my sandbox here.-- Kdion ( talk) 22:14, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Is the AU mission in Darfur considered peacekeeping? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.58.206.209 ( talk) 09:08, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
It says here on the peacekeeping page that the IPKF did not have the equipment to rout the LTTE but that is not true. The main reason for the Indian withdrawal was because it was the request of the Sri Lankan prime minister who signed a peace agreement with the LTTE. If anyone disputes this claim, they can check the IPKF Wiki article which states:
Supported by Indian Army tanks, helicopter gunships and heavy artillery, the IPKF temporarily routed the LTTE. But this victory came at a price, as the IPKF lost over 200 soldiers.
The article clearly mentions that the IPKF had more than one helicopter for air support and it also deployed Indian Army Tanks.
Also, the article at the beginning mentions the failure of the IPKF but doesn't talk of the US's failure in Somalia, Vietnam, Lebanon and the failure of other countries. It seems to me like an NPOV issue so I am deleting the line.
I believe this sentence is subjective. To say that UN peacekeeping is cost effecive suggests that it is efficent and low cost. I belive this is open to debate. I could raise many question: what is considered efficient, what is considered low cost, what about peacekeeping failures in this cost effective assesment, etc. I do not suggest that this statement be supported with evidence, but simply be remove to keep a neutral point of view. Any thoughts on the matter are welcome!
-Jakub 12/04/04
What's the source on how many soldiers each country contributed in 2004? Is there an updated list? I'd like to look at the list (either old or new) to see where otherr countries fall, e.g. Canada and Belgium, and I'd like to re-order the list myself as number of soldiers/population. I'ma also asking this on the reference desk. Thanks. moink 18:43, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I don't think that should redirect it to here. UN peacekeeping deserves it's own page. I would think that this article should talk about how peackeeping works and it's history with mention of the United Nations, Nato,and individual nations peackeeping forces(such as India's IPKF) and a link. Am I wrong? Falphin 23:39, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
This following sentence seems to me misleading: "Peacekeeping is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace"
I would say that peacekeeping is a way to facilitate peace negotiation in countries that have been torn by conflict.
One example: Rwanda in 1994 was definitely torn by conflict. However, UN peacekeepers certainly did not create conditions for sustainable peace, because the genocide happened after they arrived.
What they did do was provide a somewhat more positive environment in which leaders could negotiate a peace.
Please respond if you have an objection to this proposed change. --Zaorish
Changing the wording to emphasize the past tense of the verb would not solve the valid problem you bring up. What about changing it to "Peacekeeping attempts to assist contries torn by conflict to create conditions for sustainable peace." --Morph
I would say it depends on the level of conflict and how late the UN arrived. Anyways, the article only says that the UN defines it that way. There are probably different definitions elsewhere. --Yboy403
I think the example of Rwanda was not fully thought out. The aticle on UNAMIR - the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda - states: "Among the first targets of the genocide were the Prime Minister and 10 Belgian members of the UNAMIR forces. These troops were murdered after handing over their weapons to Rwandan government troops. They were advised to do so by their battalion commander who was unclear on the legal issues with authorising them to defend themselves, even though they had been under fire for about two hours already.This confusion over legal protocols typified the response of UNAMIR to the escalating chaos. The misson's vague mandate, created under Chapter VI of the UN Charter was unclear about the right to use force, particularly in defence of civilians. The mission's original intention was to oversee the implementation of the Arusha peace agreement. However, by the time of the genocide, the peace agreement was completely irrelevant and UNAMIR was legally powerless." The UN peacekeepers were unable to intervene during the genocide because it wasnt clear as to what rights they had to fire there weapons. I would also like to point out the recent UN resolution for the crisis in Lebanon. The Resolution and deployment of a UN Peacekeeping force intends to assist both Israel and Lebanon create conditions for the citizens of both countries to live. So in this case the peacekeepers are creating a buffer zone between the countries, and focus the negotiations to the real issue: Hezbollah which created the unrest within the region. It could be changed to "Peacekeeping is a system which creates peaceful conditions in regions that by themselves are unable to create sustainable peace" --alias_pizzaman
The article states that the UN "authorizes" certain peacekeeping operations that it doesn't run itself. This implies that the UN has sovereignty over the entire world, which is a debatable point. Many people wish for the UN to gain sovereignty; one tactic to empower the UN as sovereign is to assert that it and it alone has the "authority" to require, permit or refuse various things. Then expand the scope of these things.
The US position, for example, is contrary to this position. It asserts that each nation is sovereign - not the UN as a whole (or any of its agencies or councils). It argues thus that the US is not bound in any way (legal or moral) by the UN.
Unless the article wants to assert the POV that no peacekeeping operation may be undertaken without UN approval, we should rephrase this. We should make it clear that it is a United Nations POV or the POV of certain advocates. -- Uncle Ed (talk) 13:44, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
Today I added a POV template to the Peacekeeping article. IMO, this article is about a serious and important subject in current world politics, and in world history for more than half a century. This subject deserves a Wikipedia article of very high quality. IMO, this article is of very, very low quality.
(Disclaimer on personal POV issues: I generally support UN peacekeeping operations. I'm also a Canadian. My family members have gone on UN peacekeeping operations and I've listened to their criticisms. I'm also well aware of Rwanda, Roméo Dallaire, and of many of the recent and historical criticisms of peacekeeping. I am not at all opposed to including those criticisms, and I would welcome clear descriptions of when, how and why UN peacekeeping has gone wrong. In balance with where it has gone right.)
I am personally upset -- and offended -- to see included in this article descriptions of UN peacekeepers as "smurfs" and multiple references and external links to prostitution -- when the article makes little or no mention of dozens of successful UN peacekeeping missions, or of longstanding peacekeeping committments such as Cyprus.
If one-half of the negative POV expressed repeatedly in this article -- and the lack of clearly-written factual content -- was stated about (for two examples) the United States Marine Corps or the Royal Navy, then Wikipedians would be screaming -- and I do mean screaming -- foul. Again, IMO, this article very badly needs balance, much more well-written content, and clarity.
End rant. :) I hope it will help provoke and produce a good article. As the article states: since 1948 at least 1,450 UN peacekeepers have lost their lives trying to help make a more peaceful world. They deserve better memorials than this. Madmagic 05:48, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
As Falphin noted above, UN Peacekeeping redirects here. I placed the Category: Nobel Peace Prize winners on that redirect so it would show up correctly inside the category.-- Bookandcoffee 07:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I know wikipedia ain't a forum, but I just want to say that peacekeepers can be described in one word: armed social workers. The little military uniform, blue helmet and gun are just to make them look like soldiers so as to seemingly act as a symbol of internation authority. AllStarZ 04:15, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
The Canadian/French/Belginan troops didn't have adequate numbers to prevent what occured in Rewanda. Perhaps you have a source for claiming that those soldiers "ran away as soon as shots are fired".
I wouls hate to dispute your facts, but the whole of the 1st Canadian Engineering Division (sounds like a lot of troops but it was more around 600-800 soliders and engineers) was in Rawanda as well as the initial command staff.
Just a point: many Canadian Peacekeepers are RCMP so they're really not soldiers they're police officers. And get real people! International Justice is not the same as national. You can't go into someone else's country and tell those people what to do and control them by force. This has a history of failing. DotDarkCloud 00:24, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
This article is poorly designed, it should be more concise and contain a brief synopsis of the origin of peacekeeping, its legal and command structure, and a list of missions. Most of the article could go into a "peacekeeping controversies" page.
You are not making any argument here. (this should be deleted)
I removed some of the references about peacekeeping/sex trade connections. They appear to be have been intentionally placed there just to make peace keepers look bad. I left a few to allow the truth to be said, without it being excessive.
Criticisms of UN peacekeeping and its effectiveness are just that. The "criticisms" and "reform" sections should be summarized here in one sentence and given a page of their own. Many seem to have opinions of peacekeeping and peacekeepers based on received notions and little else. Prejudice, hearsay, and emotional reactions do not constitute knowledge.
Not all peacekeepers are "blue helmets" -- that distinction goes to soldiers under peacekeeping command. Civilian police and military observers perform different roles within peacekeeping operations, and are not referred to as blue helmets... sometimes blue berets. Civilians are never called blue helmets or peacekeepers; they are peacekeeping staff or UN mission staff.
More emphasis should be given to the civilian aspect of peacekeeping and the expansion of the UN peacekeeping model since the 1990s. Large peacekeeping missions integrate political and humanitarian efforts on a broad scale, involving many UN agencies. During UNTAET 2000-2002, the UN was effectively the government of East Timor, the first and only time the UN acted in the role of national administration.
UN political and peacebuilding missions are not usually administered by the UN dept. of peacekeeping (DPKO); they often have military observers and police advisors, but no armed soldiers and no military mandate. There is no mention anywhere of this distinction.
UN peacekeeping is a complex issue that deserves a lot better technical synopsis and a lot less opinion mongering. -- slammyapple 04:45, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Seems like UN Peacekeeping should have its own article and this should be about the general concept. The other peacekeeprs (NATO, etc.) should have their own articles too. Thoughts? savidan (talk) (e@) 05:33, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
What about an article on ‘peacekeeping controversies' (eg: bias of peacekeepers, links to forced prostitution etc)?
Chwyatt
14:44, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Maybe the term peacekeepers would be better wit a disambiguation page. I'm trying to find the page on the snes game and it sent me here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.14.203.32 ( talk) 04:46, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't know why, but I'm not liking the title of the section "Issues with Peacekeeping". Perhaps "Criticism" would be more appropriate. Crabbyass 04:52, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
In the following paragraph:
"In 1987 an Indian peacekeeping force, IPKF, entered Sri Lanka to help maintain peace. With similar results to the US mission in Vietnam, India was forced to withdraw in 1990. However, the reasons for withdrawal were different in that the IPKF did not have necessary military equipment such as tanks or air support (other than one helicopter)."
The reasoning for withdrawal mentioned here is incorrect.
I believe the undisputed reason was because under the agreement, the Sri Lankan government asked the IPKF to leave (see the join comminique http://www.tamilnation.org/intframe/india/89ipkfwidthdrawal.htm). This was since the IPKF took sides in the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict, going against one of the protaganist, namely the LTTE and led to about 1200 casualties [2] on the IPKF side. As having seen IPKF forces in Sri Lanka at that time and seen their armaments, I should mention having seen T-72 tanks and fighter jets and probably more than one Mi-24 hind gunship. I don't have references to the number of military equipment etc used and hence I wanted to make this point and let someone here/maintainer followup on the leads I have pointed out and make the corrections.
There is also an official set of reasons for India's withdrawal, see the following link from the Jain Commision for the Indian Govt. official stand. http://www.india-today.com/jain/vol8/chap39.html
Johnathan1155 05:57, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
I agree with the above statement but will also like to comment that if the nature of this article is focused on UN Peacekeeping, the inclusion of this peacekeeping mission, which was not endorsed in any way by the United Nations, seems to be irrelevant. This comment comes directly from Ambassador Jamsheed Marker, a professor and friend of mine, who was involved and the directed the peace mission in east timor. NeoXtremeX 04:54, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
UN Peacekeeping should be a separate article or there should be only a brief section talking about non-UN attempts to keep the peace between nations.
Where is the source for your stating that Canadians support peacekeeping? Is this the result of a public opinion poll, or are you Canadian?
Re a comment above, I'm interested in working towards featured article status (see WP:FA). There are of course very stringent requirements for achieving this, but I think we can manage. First, let's come up with an outline of what we want and need. Any ideas? -- Tjss (Talk) 05:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
I've drafted a new version (see Talk:Peacekeeping/Sandbox) and will be posting it within a few days unless there is significant objection. It's not a final draft, but I've organized and cleaned up a lot of stuff, and it should provide a basis for future edits. -- Tjss (Talk) 22:02, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
New article has been posted. -- Tjss (Talk) 21:45, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
I've got some concerns about the presentation of the Kosovo bit on peacekeeping. The presence of NATO troops on the ground in Kosovo in 1999 was a result of all parties agreeing to the conditions established in the Rambouillet talks of February/March of that year. By all sides agreeing to the presence of ground troops, it became a bona fide peacekeeping mission, not a unilaterally imposed peace. Although it can be argued that the NATO bombing campaign was convincing enough to agree to the talks, the majority of the points of the talks had been accepted before the air campaign started. In summary, this was not a peace enforcement mission, as it is stated in the article. Somalia was peace enforcement. It was a peacekeeping mission, although not in the "classic" sense. I would recommend removing the whole section on Kosovo and peace enforcement. UEL 08:32, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
One section of this article states that Canada has lost the most people on Peacekeeping missions, another states that it is India. In addition, the total number of dead varies between the two sections. In addition, the article states that Canada (currently 53rd in peacekeeping contributions) is "the most experienced" peacekeeping nation. What does this mean, how is it quantified, and what is the source for this claim?-- Ggbroad 17:48, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
"However, the government of one of the world's most experienced peacekeeping nations, Canada, has asserted the costs of peacekeeping are worthwhile citation needed."
"...most Canadians believe the high cost is justified in order to create a more peaceful world citation needed."
"Also, the Canadian government says experience gained in peacekeeping operations has been invaluable to the Canadian Forces when Canadian troops were called out in domestic situations - such as during the Oka Crisis. citation needed"
This article is just stupid. Troops of all kinds in just about all conflicts suffer these things. I'm deleting the whole bloody article.
I know people who've been to peacekeeping missions and they do come out a little bit traumitised. Its not fun been shot at, or being held up in an eight hour fire-fight, or seeing a dead body lying on the side of the road with its head hacked open by a machete but this happens to soldiers in all conflicts, and its completely pointless in stating them. Like I said, I'm deleting the whole section. As for that crap about peacekeeping eroding the will of soldiers, who ever said that has probably never even met someone who has been peacekeeping. If it does anything, it hardens them and makes them more efficient soldiers.
"... and all UN Peacekeeping missions must be authorized by the Security Council." This sentences is completely false; the General Assembly can (and has) authorize(d) Peacekeeping missions. For example, UNEF I (Established in 1956) was created by the GA after vetoes in the SC ( http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/timeline/pages/funu1.html) --CarlosG
I hope this is an appropriate place to mention it, but was it wanted, that the articles UNITAF, UNOSOM I and ONUCA and ONUSAL have abbreviations as names and all the other 35 articles full names? -- Mandavi 23:40, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
UN Peacekeeping would suggest temporary with no training. This middle to long-term and is legitimate structured law enforcement that provides training for the host nation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sallicio ( talk • contribs) 05:50, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Just as War in South Ossetia (2008) gets hot and "peacekeepers" drop their pretense. -- Captain Obvious and his crime-fighting dog ( talk) 15:48, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Can you provide some info on what particularly needs cleaning up? - Ahunt ( talk) 20:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Correct me iuf I am wrong but an offical army or a rebel army ect; attacking Peacekeeper forces woujld be a form of diplomatic suicide no?-- Jakezing ( talk) 01:23, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
I was reading the lead and found the paragraph about the Security Council: "The Charter of the United Nations gives the UN Security Council the power and responsibility to take collective action to maintain international peace and security. For this reason, the international community usually looks to the Security Council to authorize peacekeeping operations, as all UN Peacekeeping missions must be authorized by the Security Council."
Is'n't that Redudant? I mean it's like saying "stupid Retard"; -- Jakezing ( talk) 22:40, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
This entry is written as though there is a proper noun International Police, but there is no such organization and therefore should be merged with Peacekeeping as suggested. I have already removed International Police as a proper noun from other entries and will continue to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by QASIMARA ( talk • contribs) 01:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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20:44, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Actually, the International Police Service (IPS) and International Police Task Force (IPTF) are official titles and should not be removed. The term International Police is referenced throughout the UN peacekeeping publications where the International Police are deployed. The combined contingents are often referred to as either Civpol or UNPol and are individual entities within the organizational structure of UN peacekeeping, specifically under the pillar of Police and Justice. They are not to be confused with the military forces or the Civil Administration, Institution Building, Economic Reconstruction pillars of peacekeeping.
UN Peacekeeping is a complex undertaking with many facets and multiple entities working in tandem. You would not, for example, merge UN DPKO or UN WFP under United Nations. Even though they are a part of the UN, they are also individual entities each with a specific mission within the greater organization. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eponymously ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
List of countries by number of UN peacekeepers should be merged onto this page, right? Ckety 20:40, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
"the deployment of international military and civilian personnel to a conflict area with the consent of the parties to the conflict in order to: stop or contain hostilities or supervise the carrying out of a peace agreement" have been used as a definition of peacekeeping, by e.g. unac.org and Earl Conteh-Morgan in Collective Political Violence: An Introduction to the Theories and Cases of Violent Conflicts. The original source is said to be Fact Sheet, "The UN and Peacekeeping" p. 1 - does anyone know where to find this particular fact sheet? Nam31ess ( talk) 17:44, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
How many "Citation Needed" notes does a single paragraph need? It's a bit silly...
108.171.121.3 ( talk) 22:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
First thoughts and observations:
First, I have to say that I have very little academic experience examining the issue of peacekeeping,
Looking at the page, the first thing that strikes me is that there has not yet been any contributions to the page from the Columbia student editor, Kdion; after searching a while, I found that there is a broad three-part overview of strategies for the page in the User:Kdion page. My first suggestion is to begin editing the main page.
After checking out Jack's comments and @Kdion's talk page, I think the article looks to be in great working shape.
Definition ambiguity
There seems to be some contradictory information about the term peacekeeping. In some reporting, the term is limited to United Nations Peacekeeping; however, I have noticed that there are peacekeeping operations carried out by regional organizations, such as the African Union’s AMISOM in Somalia; the ECOWAS mission in Guinea Bissau; the EU missions in Mali, Somalia, and Central African Republic; non-UN Multinational Force and Observer (MFO) missions in the Sinai, and the NATO peacekeeping missions in the Balkans (IFOR, SFOR. and KFOR). This is also being challenged on the talk page, so it needs to be adequately addressed.
I also understand that there is an array of “types” of peacekeeping deployments, and there is a range of variety in specialists deployed, ranging from military personnel, civilian police, conflict resolution specialists, and hybrid combinations. You should definitely explain these types and variances in personnel.
Definition and Types of Peacekeeping They added information on the "types" of peacekeeping missions is great, but a little confusing to read. I think the language in the first paragraph could be cleaned up a little bit in reference to consent based cases, however since my knowledge of the subject is extremely limited, I have not done so in case I stripped out any unnecessary information.
Case studies
I think the structure of the page should definitely include a chronological listing of all peacekeeping missions – historical and current – with details for each including the reason for deployment (including information on conflict and designated role of peacekeeping force); personnel figures; commitment from each country for each mission (donations of equipment, funds, personnel, or other resources); significant incidents (combat, violence, intimidation, casualties, conduct/disciplinary matters); success in conflict resolution or resumption of hostilities; and an overall summary and assessment gauging successes and failures.
Case Studies...
I agree with user:kdion in that a definitive argument and summary of peacekeeping missions would be far too much of task to take on for this page, and believe the missions should just be listed with external or internal wikilinks if possible. The article displays a very solid amount of specific instances so far, and your sandbox seems to show that more is coming. That being said, the article could definitely be benefited by the inclusion of any relevant case studies, so long as they do not become too burdernsome as you work through all of this information.
Academic contributions to the subject
This page is presently devoid of social science contributions based upon academic research on the subject matter. It is necessary to evaluate the impact of peacekeeping deployments through the lens of social science to determine whether it actually promotes peaceful outcomes, and to determine political, economic, and social implications.
One important academic contribution comes from Columbia professor Virginia Page Fortna. Take a look at her article in International Studies Quarterly Does Peacekeeping Keep Peace? International Intervention and the Duration of Peace After Civil War (easy to locate via CLIO). If you like the work, consider reading her book Does Peacekeeping Work? Shaping Belligerents’ Choices After Civil War …then consider requesting to meet with her. Also, as this course is focused on political violence and order, I would suggest honing in on how peacekeeping operations help stabilize (or destabilize) political order within a state following a conflict.
In researching this topic, I have also noted that there is some degree of controversy over where peacekeeping falls in relation to conflict resolution strategies within the dominion of International Relations theory. Does peacekeeping interfere with peacebuilding?
It seems to me that the noble aims of peacekeeping can actually be exploited by different powerbrokers in a regime where there are still divisions, political contestation, and competition for resources.
Critiques of Peacekeeping
While I note that you mention failures in peacekeeping as a subject to address, I wanted to mention that the perception I have based upon many lectures and panels I have attended is that government officials involved in policy have a fairly low opinion of peacekeeping missions and their prospects for success. I also recalled reading some pieces in Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy that were highly critical, so I did a little research and located one in Foreign Affairs that I read that I would recommend: Paving the Road to Hell: The Failure of U.N. Peacekeeping by Max Boot (March/April 2000) and one in Foreign Policy that I would recommend: They Just Stood Watching by Colum Lynch < http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/07/they-just-stood-watching-2/>
In this section I think it might be beneficial to discuss what actually constitutes success in a region given the specific task of the peacekeeping force. In some instances non-violent transition would be victory, while in others forces must make sure to avoid civil unrest in any major aspect. It would be interesting to see an argument that points this point, or any other information on the subject.
Kevinmccarthy25 ( talk) 13:31, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
Sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking scandals
The ongoing sexual abuse scandal concerning French and Georgian troops in the Central African Republic (as well as previous such scandals in the Congo and elsewhere) should be explored in depth to determine the impact of these scandals not just on the reputation of UN Peacekeeping, but the effectiveness of their missions. In this regard, I would recommend that you review the Zeid Report < https://cdu.unlb.org/Portals/0/Documents/KeyDoc5.pdf> and The United Nations and Sexual Abuse by Ryan McCarrel < https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2016-02-14/united-nations-and-sexual-abuse>.
Final recommendation:
A colleague of mine from government suggested a book, Understanding Peacekeeping by Alex Bellamy and Paul Williams, as an excellent overview of peacekeeping
Jp-columbia ( talk) 05:25, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Kdion, this is a really comprehensive overhaul of the page. nicely done. Here are some suggestions for further work:
Chrisblattman ( talk) 19:43, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
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I feel this page should be more of a disambig page. Right now, it just redirects to United Nations Peacekeeping, but there are other peacekeeping missions, like the KFOR lead Kosovo Force. Under is a suggestion:
{{ disambig}}
The word Peacekeeping can refer to different peacekeeping forces:
Please come with suggestions etc. before I make the change! -- Vikingstad 19:20, Mar 17, 2004 (UTC)
I have been working on a new outline and framework for this page which I think will be more cogent and organized. It's not complete yet, but what I have so far can be found in my sandbox here.-- Kdion ( talk) 22:14, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Is the AU mission in Darfur considered peacekeeping? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.58.206.209 ( talk) 09:08, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
It says here on the peacekeeping page that the IPKF did not have the equipment to rout the LTTE but that is not true. The main reason for the Indian withdrawal was because it was the request of the Sri Lankan prime minister who signed a peace agreement with the LTTE. If anyone disputes this claim, they can check the IPKF Wiki article which states:
Supported by Indian Army tanks, helicopter gunships and heavy artillery, the IPKF temporarily routed the LTTE. But this victory came at a price, as the IPKF lost over 200 soldiers.
The article clearly mentions that the IPKF had more than one helicopter for air support and it also deployed Indian Army Tanks.
Also, the article at the beginning mentions the failure of the IPKF but doesn't talk of the US's failure in Somalia, Vietnam, Lebanon and the failure of other countries. It seems to me like an NPOV issue so I am deleting the line.
I believe this sentence is subjective. To say that UN peacekeeping is cost effecive suggests that it is efficent and low cost. I belive this is open to debate. I could raise many question: what is considered efficient, what is considered low cost, what about peacekeeping failures in this cost effective assesment, etc. I do not suggest that this statement be supported with evidence, but simply be remove to keep a neutral point of view. Any thoughts on the matter are welcome!
-Jakub 12/04/04
What's the source on how many soldiers each country contributed in 2004? Is there an updated list? I'd like to look at the list (either old or new) to see where otherr countries fall, e.g. Canada and Belgium, and I'd like to re-order the list myself as number of soldiers/population. I'ma also asking this on the reference desk. Thanks. moink 18:43, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I don't think that should redirect it to here. UN peacekeeping deserves it's own page. I would think that this article should talk about how peackeeping works and it's history with mention of the United Nations, Nato,and individual nations peackeeping forces(such as India's IPKF) and a link. Am I wrong? Falphin 23:39, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
This following sentence seems to me misleading: "Peacekeeping is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace"
I would say that peacekeeping is a way to facilitate peace negotiation in countries that have been torn by conflict.
One example: Rwanda in 1994 was definitely torn by conflict. However, UN peacekeepers certainly did not create conditions for sustainable peace, because the genocide happened after they arrived.
What they did do was provide a somewhat more positive environment in which leaders could negotiate a peace.
Please respond if you have an objection to this proposed change. --Zaorish
Changing the wording to emphasize the past tense of the verb would not solve the valid problem you bring up. What about changing it to "Peacekeeping attempts to assist contries torn by conflict to create conditions for sustainable peace." --Morph
I would say it depends on the level of conflict and how late the UN arrived. Anyways, the article only says that the UN defines it that way. There are probably different definitions elsewhere. --Yboy403
I think the example of Rwanda was not fully thought out. The aticle on UNAMIR - the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda - states: "Among the first targets of the genocide were the Prime Minister and 10 Belgian members of the UNAMIR forces. These troops were murdered after handing over their weapons to Rwandan government troops. They were advised to do so by their battalion commander who was unclear on the legal issues with authorising them to defend themselves, even though they had been under fire for about two hours already.This confusion over legal protocols typified the response of UNAMIR to the escalating chaos. The misson's vague mandate, created under Chapter VI of the UN Charter was unclear about the right to use force, particularly in defence of civilians. The mission's original intention was to oversee the implementation of the Arusha peace agreement. However, by the time of the genocide, the peace agreement was completely irrelevant and UNAMIR was legally powerless." The UN peacekeepers were unable to intervene during the genocide because it wasnt clear as to what rights they had to fire there weapons. I would also like to point out the recent UN resolution for the crisis in Lebanon. The Resolution and deployment of a UN Peacekeeping force intends to assist both Israel and Lebanon create conditions for the citizens of both countries to live. So in this case the peacekeepers are creating a buffer zone between the countries, and focus the negotiations to the real issue: Hezbollah which created the unrest within the region. It could be changed to "Peacekeeping is a system which creates peaceful conditions in regions that by themselves are unable to create sustainable peace" --alias_pizzaman
The article states that the UN "authorizes" certain peacekeeping operations that it doesn't run itself. This implies that the UN has sovereignty over the entire world, which is a debatable point. Many people wish for the UN to gain sovereignty; one tactic to empower the UN as sovereign is to assert that it and it alone has the "authority" to require, permit or refuse various things. Then expand the scope of these things.
The US position, for example, is contrary to this position. It asserts that each nation is sovereign - not the UN as a whole (or any of its agencies or councils). It argues thus that the US is not bound in any way (legal or moral) by the UN.
Unless the article wants to assert the POV that no peacekeeping operation may be undertaken without UN approval, we should rephrase this. We should make it clear that it is a United Nations POV or the POV of certain advocates. -- Uncle Ed (talk) 13:44, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
Today I added a POV template to the Peacekeeping article. IMO, this article is about a serious and important subject in current world politics, and in world history for more than half a century. This subject deserves a Wikipedia article of very high quality. IMO, this article is of very, very low quality.
(Disclaimer on personal POV issues: I generally support UN peacekeeping operations. I'm also a Canadian. My family members have gone on UN peacekeeping operations and I've listened to their criticisms. I'm also well aware of Rwanda, Roméo Dallaire, and of many of the recent and historical criticisms of peacekeeping. I am not at all opposed to including those criticisms, and I would welcome clear descriptions of when, how and why UN peacekeeping has gone wrong. In balance with where it has gone right.)
I am personally upset -- and offended -- to see included in this article descriptions of UN peacekeepers as "smurfs" and multiple references and external links to prostitution -- when the article makes little or no mention of dozens of successful UN peacekeeping missions, or of longstanding peacekeeping committments such as Cyprus.
If one-half of the negative POV expressed repeatedly in this article -- and the lack of clearly-written factual content -- was stated about (for two examples) the United States Marine Corps or the Royal Navy, then Wikipedians would be screaming -- and I do mean screaming -- foul. Again, IMO, this article very badly needs balance, much more well-written content, and clarity.
End rant. :) I hope it will help provoke and produce a good article. As the article states: since 1948 at least 1,450 UN peacekeepers have lost their lives trying to help make a more peaceful world. They deserve better memorials than this. Madmagic 05:48, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
As Falphin noted above, UN Peacekeeping redirects here. I placed the Category: Nobel Peace Prize winners on that redirect so it would show up correctly inside the category.-- Bookandcoffee 07:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I know wikipedia ain't a forum, but I just want to say that peacekeepers can be described in one word: armed social workers. The little military uniform, blue helmet and gun are just to make them look like soldiers so as to seemingly act as a symbol of internation authority. AllStarZ 04:15, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
The Canadian/French/Belginan troops didn't have adequate numbers to prevent what occured in Rewanda. Perhaps you have a source for claiming that those soldiers "ran away as soon as shots are fired".
I wouls hate to dispute your facts, but the whole of the 1st Canadian Engineering Division (sounds like a lot of troops but it was more around 600-800 soliders and engineers) was in Rawanda as well as the initial command staff.
Just a point: many Canadian Peacekeepers are RCMP so they're really not soldiers they're police officers. And get real people! International Justice is not the same as national. You can't go into someone else's country and tell those people what to do and control them by force. This has a history of failing. DotDarkCloud 00:24, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
This article is poorly designed, it should be more concise and contain a brief synopsis of the origin of peacekeeping, its legal and command structure, and a list of missions. Most of the article could go into a "peacekeeping controversies" page.
You are not making any argument here. (this should be deleted)
I removed some of the references about peacekeeping/sex trade connections. They appear to be have been intentionally placed there just to make peace keepers look bad. I left a few to allow the truth to be said, without it being excessive.
Criticisms of UN peacekeeping and its effectiveness are just that. The "criticisms" and "reform" sections should be summarized here in one sentence and given a page of their own. Many seem to have opinions of peacekeeping and peacekeepers based on received notions and little else. Prejudice, hearsay, and emotional reactions do not constitute knowledge.
Not all peacekeepers are "blue helmets" -- that distinction goes to soldiers under peacekeeping command. Civilian police and military observers perform different roles within peacekeeping operations, and are not referred to as blue helmets... sometimes blue berets. Civilians are never called blue helmets or peacekeepers; they are peacekeeping staff or UN mission staff.
More emphasis should be given to the civilian aspect of peacekeeping and the expansion of the UN peacekeeping model since the 1990s. Large peacekeeping missions integrate political and humanitarian efforts on a broad scale, involving many UN agencies. During UNTAET 2000-2002, the UN was effectively the government of East Timor, the first and only time the UN acted in the role of national administration.
UN political and peacebuilding missions are not usually administered by the UN dept. of peacekeeping (DPKO); they often have military observers and police advisors, but no armed soldiers and no military mandate. There is no mention anywhere of this distinction.
UN peacekeeping is a complex issue that deserves a lot better technical synopsis and a lot less opinion mongering. -- slammyapple 04:45, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Seems like UN Peacekeeping should have its own article and this should be about the general concept. The other peacekeeprs (NATO, etc.) should have their own articles too. Thoughts? savidan (talk) (e@) 05:33, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
What about an article on ‘peacekeeping controversies' (eg: bias of peacekeepers, links to forced prostitution etc)?
Chwyatt
14:44, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Maybe the term peacekeepers would be better wit a disambiguation page. I'm trying to find the page on the snes game and it sent me here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.14.203.32 ( talk) 04:46, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't know why, but I'm not liking the title of the section "Issues with Peacekeeping". Perhaps "Criticism" would be more appropriate. Crabbyass 04:52, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
In the following paragraph:
"In 1987 an Indian peacekeeping force, IPKF, entered Sri Lanka to help maintain peace. With similar results to the US mission in Vietnam, India was forced to withdraw in 1990. However, the reasons for withdrawal were different in that the IPKF did not have necessary military equipment such as tanks or air support (other than one helicopter)."
The reasoning for withdrawal mentioned here is incorrect.
I believe the undisputed reason was because under the agreement, the Sri Lankan government asked the IPKF to leave (see the join comminique http://www.tamilnation.org/intframe/india/89ipkfwidthdrawal.htm). This was since the IPKF took sides in the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict, going against one of the protaganist, namely the LTTE and led to about 1200 casualties [2] on the IPKF side. As having seen IPKF forces in Sri Lanka at that time and seen their armaments, I should mention having seen T-72 tanks and fighter jets and probably more than one Mi-24 hind gunship. I don't have references to the number of military equipment etc used and hence I wanted to make this point and let someone here/maintainer followup on the leads I have pointed out and make the corrections.
There is also an official set of reasons for India's withdrawal, see the following link from the Jain Commision for the Indian Govt. official stand. http://www.india-today.com/jain/vol8/chap39.html
Johnathan1155 05:57, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
I agree with the above statement but will also like to comment that if the nature of this article is focused on UN Peacekeeping, the inclusion of this peacekeeping mission, which was not endorsed in any way by the United Nations, seems to be irrelevant. This comment comes directly from Ambassador Jamsheed Marker, a professor and friend of mine, who was involved and the directed the peace mission in east timor. NeoXtremeX 04:54, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
UN Peacekeeping should be a separate article or there should be only a brief section talking about non-UN attempts to keep the peace between nations.
Where is the source for your stating that Canadians support peacekeeping? Is this the result of a public opinion poll, or are you Canadian?
Re a comment above, I'm interested in working towards featured article status (see WP:FA). There are of course very stringent requirements for achieving this, but I think we can manage. First, let's come up with an outline of what we want and need. Any ideas? -- Tjss (Talk) 05:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
I've drafted a new version (see Talk:Peacekeeping/Sandbox) and will be posting it within a few days unless there is significant objection. It's not a final draft, but I've organized and cleaned up a lot of stuff, and it should provide a basis for future edits. -- Tjss (Talk) 22:02, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
New article has been posted. -- Tjss (Talk) 21:45, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
I've got some concerns about the presentation of the Kosovo bit on peacekeeping. The presence of NATO troops on the ground in Kosovo in 1999 was a result of all parties agreeing to the conditions established in the Rambouillet talks of February/March of that year. By all sides agreeing to the presence of ground troops, it became a bona fide peacekeeping mission, not a unilaterally imposed peace. Although it can be argued that the NATO bombing campaign was convincing enough to agree to the talks, the majority of the points of the talks had been accepted before the air campaign started. In summary, this was not a peace enforcement mission, as it is stated in the article. Somalia was peace enforcement. It was a peacekeeping mission, although not in the "classic" sense. I would recommend removing the whole section on Kosovo and peace enforcement. UEL 08:32, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
One section of this article states that Canada has lost the most people on Peacekeeping missions, another states that it is India. In addition, the total number of dead varies between the two sections. In addition, the article states that Canada (currently 53rd in peacekeeping contributions) is "the most experienced" peacekeeping nation. What does this mean, how is it quantified, and what is the source for this claim?-- Ggbroad 17:48, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
"However, the government of one of the world's most experienced peacekeeping nations, Canada, has asserted the costs of peacekeeping are worthwhile citation needed."
"...most Canadians believe the high cost is justified in order to create a more peaceful world citation needed."
"Also, the Canadian government says experience gained in peacekeeping operations has been invaluable to the Canadian Forces when Canadian troops were called out in domestic situations - such as during the Oka Crisis. citation needed"
This article is just stupid. Troops of all kinds in just about all conflicts suffer these things. I'm deleting the whole bloody article.
I know people who've been to peacekeeping missions and they do come out a little bit traumitised. Its not fun been shot at, or being held up in an eight hour fire-fight, or seeing a dead body lying on the side of the road with its head hacked open by a machete but this happens to soldiers in all conflicts, and its completely pointless in stating them. Like I said, I'm deleting the whole section. As for that crap about peacekeeping eroding the will of soldiers, who ever said that has probably never even met someone who has been peacekeeping. If it does anything, it hardens them and makes them more efficient soldiers.
"... and all UN Peacekeeping missions must be authorized by the Security Council." This sentences is completely false; the General Assembly can (and has) authorize(d) Peacekeeping missions. For example, UNEF I (Established in 1956) was created by the GA after vetoes in the SC ( http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/timeline/pages/funu1.html) --CarlosG
I hope this is an appropriate place to mention it, but was it wanted, that the articles UNITAF, UNOSOM I and ONUCA and ONUSAL have abbreviations as names and all the other 35 articles full names? -- Mandavi 23:40, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
UN Peacekeeping would suggest temporary with no training. This middle to long-term and is legitimate structured law enforcement that provides training for the host nation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sallicio ( talk • contribs) 05:50, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Just as War in South Ossetia (2008) gets hot and "peacekeepers" drop their pretense. -- Captain Obvious and his crime-fighting dog ( talk) 15:48, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Can you provide some info on what particularly needs cleaning up? - Ahunt ( talk) 20:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Correct me iuf I am wrong but an offical army or a rebel army ect; attacking Peacekeeper forces woujld be a form of diplomatic suicide no?-- Jakezing ( talk) 01:23, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
I was reading the lead and found the paragraph about the Security Council: "The Charter of the United Nations gives the UN Security Council the power and responsibility to take collective action to maintain international peace and security. For this reason, the international community usually looks to the Security Council to authorize peacekeeping operations, as all UN Peacekeeping missions must be authorized by the Security Council."
Is'n't that Redudant? I mean it's like saying "stupid Retard"; -- Jakezing ( talk) 22:40, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
This entry is written as though there is a proper noun International Police, but there is no such organization and therefore should be merged with Peacekeeping as suggested. I have already removed International Police as a proper noun from other entries and will continue to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by QASIMARA ( talk • contribs) 01:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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20:44, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Actually, the International Police Service (IPS) and International Police Task Force (IPTF) are official titles and should not be removed. The term International Police is referenced throughout the UN peacekeeping publications where the International Police are deployed. The combined contingents are often referred to as either Civpol or UNPol and are individual entities within the organizational structure of UN peacekeeping, specifically under the pillar of Police and Justice. They are not to be confused with the military forces or the Civil Administration, Institution Building, Economic Reconstruction pillars of peacekeeping.
UN Peacekeeping is a complex undertaking with many facets and multiple entities working in tandem. You would not, for example, merge UN DPKO or UN WFP under United Nations. Even though they are a part of the UN, they are also individual entities each with a specific mission within the greater organization. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eponymously ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
List of countries by number of UN peacekeepers should be merged onto this page, right? Ckety 20:40, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
"the deployment of international military and civilian personnel to a conflict area with the consent of the parties to the conflict in order to: stop or contain hostilities or supervise the carrying out of a peace agreement" have been used as a definition of peacekeeping, by e.g. unac.org and Earl Conteh-Morgan in Collective Political Violence: An Introduction to the Theories and Cases of Violent Conflicts. The original source is said to be Fact Sheet, "The UN and Peacekeeping" p. 1 - does anyone know where to find this particular fact sheet? Nam31ess ( talk) 17:44, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
How many "Citation Needed" notes does a single paragraph need? It's a bit silly...
108.171.121.3 ( talk) 22:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
First thoughts and observations:
First, I have to say that I have very little academic experience examining the issue of peacekeeping,
Looking at the page, the first thing that strikes me is that there has not yet been any contributions to the page from the Columbia student editor, Kdion; after searching a while, I found that there is a broad three-part overview of strategies for the page in the User:Kdion page. My first suggestion is to begin editing the main page.
After checking out Jack's comments and @Kdion's talk page, I think the article looks to be in great working shape.
Definition ambiguity
There seems to be some contradictory information about the term peacekeeping. In some reporting, the term is limited to United Nations Peacekeeping; however, I have noticed that there are peacekeeping operations carried out by regional organizations, such as the African Union’s AMISOM in Somalia; the ECOWAS mission in Guinea Bissau; the EU missions in Mali, Somalia, and Central African Republic; non-UN Multinational Force and Observer (MFO) missions in the Sinai, and the NATO peacekeeping missions in the Balkans (IFOR, SFOR. and KFOR). This is also being challenged on the talk page, so it needs to be adequately addressed.
I also understand that there is an array of “types” of peacekeeping deployments, and there is a range of variety in specialists deployed, ranging from military personnel, civilian police, conflict resolution specialists, and hybrid combinations. You should definitely explain these types and variances in personnel.
Definition and Types of Peacekeeping They added information on the "types" of peacekeeping missions is great, but a little confusing to read. I think the language in the first paragraph could be cleaned up a little bit in reference to consent based cases, however since my knowledge of the subject is extremely limited, I have not done so in case I stripped out any unnecessary information.
Case studies
I think the structure of the page should definitely include a chronological listing of all peacekeeping missions – historical and current – with details for each including the reason for deployment (including information on conflict and designated role of peacekeeping force); personnel figures; commitment from each country for each mission (donations of equipment, funds, personnel, or other resources); significant incidents (combat, violence, intimidation, casualties, conduct/disciplinary matters); success in conflict resolution or resumption of hostilities; and an overall summary and assessment gauging successes and failures.
Case Studies...
I agree with user:kdion in that a definitive argument and summary of peacekeeping missions would be far too much of task to take on for this page, and believe the missions should just be listed with external or internal wikilinks if possible. The article displays a very solid amount of specific instances so far, and your sandbox seems to show that more is coming. That being said, the article could definitely be benefited by the inclusion of any relevant case studies, so long as they do not become too burdernsome as you work through all of this information.
Academic contributions to the subject
This page is presently devoid of social science contributions based upon academic research on the subject matter. It is necessary to evaluate the impact of peacekeeping deployments through the lens of social science to determine whether it actually promotes peaceful outcomes, and to determine political, economic, and social implications.
One important academic contribution comes from Columbia professor Virginia Page Fortna. Take a look at her article in International Studies Quarterly Does Peacekeeping Keep Peace? International Intervention and the Duration of Peace After Civil War (easy to locate via CLIO). If you like the work, consider reading her book Does Peacekeeping Work? Shaping Belligerents’ Choices After Civil War …then consider requesting to meet with her. Also, as this course is focused on political violence and order, I would suggest honing in on how peacekeeping operations help stabilize (or destabilize) political order within a state following a conflict.
In researching this topic, I have also noted that there is some degree of controversy over where peacekeeping falls in relation to conflict resolution strategies within the dominion of International Relations theory. Does peacekeeping interfere with peacebuilding?
It seems to me that the noble aims of peacekeeping can actually be exploited by different powerbrokers in a regime where there are still divisions, political contestation, and competition for resources.
Critiques of Peacekeeping
While I note that you mention failures in peacekeeping as a subject to address, I wanted to mention that the perception I have based upon many lectures and panels I have attended is that government officials involved in policy have a fairly low opinion of peacekeeping missions and their prospects for success. I also recalled reading some pieces in Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy that were highly critical, so I did a little research and located one in Foreign Affairs that I read that I would recommend: Paving the Road to Hell: The Failure of U.N. Peacekeeping by Max Boot (March/April 2000) and one in Foreign Policy that I would recommend: They Just Stood Watching by Colum Lynch < http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/07/they-just-stood-watching-2/>
In this section I think it might be beneficial to discuss what actually constitutes success in a region given the specific task of the peacekeeping force. In some instances non-violent transition would be victory, while in others forces must make sure to avoid civil unrest in any major aspect. It would be interesting to see an argument that points this point, or any other information on the subject.
Kevinmccarthy25 ( talk) 13:31, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
Sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking scandals
The ongoing sexual abuse scandal concerning French and Georgian troops in the Central African Republic (as well as previous such scandals in the Congo and elsewhere) should be explored in depth to determine the impact of these scandals not just on the reputation of UN Peacekeeping, but the effectiveness of their missions. In this regard, I would recommend that you review the Zeid Report < https://cdu.unlb.org/Portals/0/Documents/KeyDoc5.pdf> and The United Nations and Sexual Abuse by Ryan McCarrel < https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2016-02-14/united-nations-and-sexual-abuse>.
Final recommendation:
A colleague of mine from government suggested a book, Understanding Peacekeeping by Alex Bellamy and Paul Williams, as an excellent overview of peacekeeping
Jp-columbia ( talk) 05:25, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Kdion, this is a really comprehensive overhaul of the page. nicely done. Here are some suggestions for further work:
Chrisblattman ( talk) 19:43, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
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