The United Nations And The Congo

Author : Michael Kennedy,Art Magennis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Irish
ISBN : 184682656X

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Ireland, the United Nations and the Congo by Michael Kennedy,Art Magennis Pdf

Now available in paperback! In 1961, Irish UN peacekeepers went into combat in the Congolese province of Katanga. It was the Irish Defense Forces' first experience of active service since 1923. Irish diplomat Conor Cruise O'Brien headed the UN mission in Katanga. Former chief of staff of the defense forces, Lt.Gen. Sean MacEoin, was in overall command of UN troops in the Congo. When Irish units suffered casualties and men were taken prisoner as the fighting in Katanga continued, the crisis facing Taoiseach Sean Lemass became the most delicate and dangerous chapter in Ireland's foreign relations since 1945. Based on a first-hand account of the fighting by an Irish cavalry officer, previously unseen UN archives, and the papers of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, this book covers 18 critical months, from July 1960 to December 1961, which almost tore the UN apart and which brought the realities of UN membership to Ireland. This book is an Irish diplomatic and military perspective on a defining moment in the history of the United Nations, the Cold War, and modern Africa. Author Commandant (ret.) Art Magennis served with the Irish Defence Forces from 1940 to 1979. He undertook two tours of duty in Congo and was second-in-command of the 35th Battalion's Armoured Car Group in Elisabethville, Katanga, in 1961. [Subject: History, Military History, United Nations, Irish Studies, African Studies]

Author : United Nations
Publisher : New York : United Nations
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111574625

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The United Nations and the Congo by United Nations Pdf

Author : Kevin A. Spooner
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774858953

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Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64 by Kevin A. Spooner Pdf

In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established a peacekeeping operation to deal with the crisis, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? By offering one of the first detailed accounts of Canadian involvement in a UN peacekeeping mission, Kevin Spooner reveals that Canada’s involvement was not a certainty: the Diefenbaker government had immediate and ongoing reservations about the mission, reservations that challenge cherished notions of Canada’s commitment to the UN and its status as a peacekeeper.

Author : James Dobbins,Seth G. Jones,Keith Crane,Andrew Rathmell,Brett Steele
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833037565

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The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq by James Dobbins,Seth G. Jones,Keith Crane,Andrew Rathmell,Brett Steele Pdf

Reviews UN efforts to transform eight unstable countries into democratic, peaceful, and prosperous partners, and compares those missions with U.S. nation-building operations. The UN provides the most suitable institutional framework for nation-building missions that require fewer than 20,000 men-one with a comparatively low cost structure, a comparatively high success rate, and the greatest degree of international legitimacy.

Author : Ernest W. Lefever
Publisher : Washington : Brookings Institution
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
ISBN : UOM:39015022216801

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Crisis in the Congo by Ernest W. Lefever Pdf

Author : J. King Gordon
Publisher : [New York?] : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
ISBN : UVA:X000406180

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The United Nations in the Congo by J. King Gordon Pdf

Copy 2 from the John Holmes Library collection.

Author : Fidelis Etah Ewane
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640604906

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The United Nations in the Congo from 1960-64: Critical Assessment of a Tragic Intervention by Fidelis Etah Ewane Pdf

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, language: English, abstract: The role of the United Nations and the West in the Congo between 1960 and 1964 can only be characterised as a tragedy. We are still witnessing the consequences of the myopic and misguided policies that were pursued by UN officials and western leaders at the time. This paper elucidates the story of how Lumumba was first betrayed and then murdered. It analyses how historians and political scientists have treated the conflict and suggests ways in which scholars from the two disciplines can cooperate better and learn from one another. The paper reverts to international relations theories that adequately explain what happened between 1960 and 1964.This essay critically examines why UN intervention in the Congo failed to achieve the intended peace that constituted the rationale behind its intervention. The essay will argue that perceptions and misperceptions among UN members exacerbated a rift between the UN and the realities of the conflict. And the Cold War ideology at the time and Belgium's support for Moise Tshombe to secede Katanga because of their hatred for Patrice Lumumba, greatly hampered UN mission as a peace machinery.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045299505

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United Nations Operations in the Congo by United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Pdf

Author : R. Simmonds
Publisher : Springer
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789401192675

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Legal problems arising from the United Nations military operations in the Congo by R. Simmonds Pdf

Few episodes in recent history have aroused as much controversy as the United Nations military operations in the Congo. This controversy has no simple, straight-forward, and uniform explanation. Part of the explanation is to be found in the successes and failure of the operation itself; part in its labyrinthine international ramifications. But the most important explanation lies in its significance as a precedent. The ability of the Organization to take "collective measures" to maintain law and order within the territory of a Member State, albeit as a means of preserving international peace, was demonstrated, challenged and criticized. So much has been reported of the details and so varied has been the commentary that only the most intrepid spirit would venture something more with which to detain interested parties. The present study does not pretend to uncover new data so as to complete or correct the his torical record; it attempts, rather, to reflect on what has already been brought out and, against that background of factual knowledge, to indi cate and examine the legal problems involved. In so doing, it has been necessary to be ruthless in deciding what are central issues and in re jecting what is often interesting but probably peripheral.

Author : Michel Struelens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
ISBN : UOM:39015013244986

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The United Nations in the Congo, Or O.N.U.C., and International Politics by Michel Struelens Pdf

Author : Esref Aksu
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 0719067480

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The United Nations, Intra-State Peacekeeping and Normative Change by Esref Aksu Pdf

The UN and Intra-State Conflict: Problematising the Normative Connection * Rethinking the UN Through Intra-State Peacekeeping: the Analytical Framework * The UN's Role in Historical Context: Impact of Structural Tensions and Thresholds * UN Peacekeeping in Intra-State Conflicts: Evolution of the Normative Basis * The UN in the Congo Conflict: ONUC * The UN On the Cyprus Conflict: UNFICYP * The UN in the Angola Conflict: UNAVEM * The UN in the Cambodia Conflict: UNTAC * Reflections on International Normative Change.

Author : Arthur H. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015009002562

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The U.N. in the Congo by Arthur H. House Pdf

Author : Emily Paddon Rhoads
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198747246

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Taking Sides in Peacekeeping by Emily Paddon Rhoads Pdf

United Nations peacekeeping has undergone radical transformation in the new millennium. Where it once was limited in scope and based firmly on consent of all parties, contemporary operations are now charged with penalizing spoilers of peace and protecting civilians from peril. Despite its more aggressive posture, practitioners and academics continue to affirm the vital importance of impartiality whilst stating that it no longer means what it once did. Taking Sides in Peacekeeping explores this transformation and its implications, in what is the first conceptual and empirical study of impartiality in UN peacekeeping. The book challenges dominant scholarly approaches that conceive of norms as linear and static, conceptualizing impartiality as a 'composite' norm, one that is not free-standing but an aggregate of other principles-each of which can change and is open to contestation. Drawing on a large body of primary evidence, it uses the composite norm to trace the evolution of impartiality, and to illuminate the macro-level politics surrounding its institutionalization at the UN, as well as the micro-level politics surrounding its implementation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, site of the largest and costliest peacekeeping mission in UN history. Taking Sides in Peacekeeping reveals that, despite a veneer of consensus, impartiality is in fact highly contested. As the collection of principles it refers to has expanded to include human rights and civilian protection, deep disagreements have arisen over what keeping peace impartially actually means. Beyond the semantics, the book shows how this contestation, together with the varying expectations and incentives created by the norm, has resulted in perverse and unintended consequences that have politicized peacekeeping and, in some cases, effectively converted UN forces into one warring party among many. Taking Sides in Peacekeeping assesses the implications of this radical transformation for the future of peacekeeping and for the UN's role as guarantor of international peace and security.

Author : Jane Boulden
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015051289166

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Peace Enforcement by Jane Boulden Pdf

The United Nations is being called upon more and more to participate if situations that fall somewhere between peacekeeping and full-scale enforcement operations, such as those in Korea during the 1950s and the Persian Gulf in 1991. Such efforts have come to be termed as peace enforcement operations. Three case studies in which the United Nations used this type of force are examined: the early 1960s UN operation in the Congo (ONUC); the UN operations on Somalia (UNITAF and UNOSOM); and the mission in Bosnia (UNPROFOR). Until now, no single investigation had considered these three case studies from the viewpoint of determining the advantages and disadvantages involved in using peace enforcement as a way of dealing with international peace and security issues. After careful examination, Boulden argues that, while problematic, peace enforcement is a potentially viable tool for the United Nations. The implementation of peace enforcement operations does, however, present the United Nations with a number of complicated challenges. Three factors have the power to influence the outcome of such operations. Without an adequate mandate, and--most importantly--without sufficient resources, the likelihood of success is low. Further, the maintenance of impartiality in the implementation of the operation (as opposed to whether or not the mandate itself is impartial) is critical to the chances of a positive outcome. Over all, the Security Council needs to have a greater awareness about the potential difficulties inherent in peace enforcement mandates and, accordingly, to take greater care in designing and monitoring these operations.

Author : Evan Luard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349200306

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A History of the United Nations by Evan Luard Pdf

This is the second volume of the first full-scale history of the United Nations. This volume deals with a period when the organization was involved with major crises over Suez, Hungary, Lebanon and India, the Congo, the Cuba Missile crisis and armed conflicts in West Irian, Yeman, Cyprus, Kashmir and the Dominican Republic. It covers the first four UN peace-keeping operations: in Sinai, the Congo, West Irian and Cyprus.