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• Chronology of current UN peacekeeping operation
• UN charter articles
• Agreed guidelines for UN operations.

• Foreword - List of Abbreviations - Notes on the Contributors - List of Participants and Observers - Introduction: The Use of Soldiers and Peacekeepers in Coping with Disasters-- L.Gordenker & T.G.Weiss - The Role of Military Forces in a Humanitarian Crisis-- J.Mackinlay - Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Assistance-- F.T.Liu - Dilemmas of Military Involvement in Humanitarian Relief-- F.C.Cuny - Developing a United Nations Capacity for Humanitarian Support Operations-- J.O.C.Jonah - Humanitarian Politics in the Sudan-- L.Minear & T.G.Weiss - Index.
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Part of a series of books which provides practitioners and scholars with up-to-date analyses of historical case material, insights based on field experience and imaginative applications for future third-party roles in Third World conflicts. "Soldiers, Peacekeepers and Disasters" features articles on the use of soldiers in disasters by Leon Gordenker and Thomas Weiss, the role of military forces by John Mackinlay and the UN capacity for humanitarian support organizations by James Jonah.
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• The Security Legacy of the 1980s in the Third World, Augustus Richard Norton-- Soviet Policy Toward the Third World in the 1990s, Celeste Wallander-- US Policy Toward the Third World in the 1990s, Michael Clough-- The Superpowers' Common and Divergent Interests in the Third World, Robert Legvold-- The United Nations in the 1990s, Thomas G. Weiss and Meryl A. Kessler-- Superpower Collaboration and the View from the Third World, S.Neil MacFarlane-- Critical Commentary - A Soviet View, Viktor Kremenyuk-- A Third World View, James O.C. Jonah.
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Both a retrospective and a prospective look at the superpowers' pattern of conflict and co-operation in the developing world, with specific reference to their security concerns.
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• Introduction, the editors.
• Part 1 The United States and the Soviet Union: superpowers and conflict in the Caribbean Basin, Lloyd Searwar-- superpowers and conflict in Angola, Gillian Gunn.
• Part 2 Regional hegemons: pipsqueak power - the centrality and anomaly of Cuba, Jorge I. Dominguez-- South Africa and regional conflict in Angola and Namibia, Newell M. Stultz.
• Part 3 Third parties and conflict management: conflict resolution in the Caribbean Basin, Wayne S. Smith-- conflict resolution in Southern Africa, Fen Osler Hampson. Conclusion: regional conflicts and their resolution in the post-Cold War world, the editors.
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Detailed case studies of conflicts in the Caribbean Basin (including the mainland of Central America) and Southern Africa provide insights into the origins and the eventual resolution of Third World strife and instability. Each region provides the raw material for in-depth evaluations of Soviet and US roles in fueling conflicts and, more recently, in helping to wind down long-standing wars. The authors also examine the respective positions of the regional hegemons, Cuba and South Africa, the influence of nonstate actors, and the impact of arms sales. Similarities between the two regions emerge, in particular the extent to which internal factors (poverty, ethnic troubles, the legacy of colonialism) are at the root of conflicts and remain a continuing threat to future stability. The book includes prescriptions for US policy.
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Distilling critical lessons from the recent experiences of aid professionals, this handbook presents practical, illustrative and creative approaches for personnel to adopt in specific conflict areas. It examines principles, offers policy guidelines and proposes operational strategies.
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• Part 1 Humanitarian Values: An Intercultural Look, E. Isaac-- Development and the Prevention of Humanitarian Emergencies, M. Anderson-- The Roles of Public Opinion and the Media, E. Giradet-- Commentary, the Editors.
• Part 2 Humanitarianism, Coercion and Peace: Humanitarian Intervention and Conflict Resolution, J.O.C. Jonah-- Military Force in the Service of Humane Values, J. Mackinlay-- Military Strategies and Innovative Humanitarianism Responses, G. Smith-- Commentary, the Editors.
• Part 3 The Current and Future Humanitarian Regime: The Existing Regime - A Critique, M. Veuthy-- A Post-Cold War Division of Labour Among Actors, F. Cuny-- The Future Architecture for International Humanitarian Assistance, J. Ingram-- Commentary, the Editors.
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Armed conflicts range from Somalia to Yugoslavia, and Liberia to Cambodia. Of the many resulting casualties, perhaps none are so tragic as the innocent civilians who are deprived of access to international help because governments and insurgents prevent humanitarian agencies from acting. Not only do these conflicts tax the financial resources of the international community, they also pose intellectual and operational challenges. This volume sets out to analyse the most critical of these challenges and proposes forward-looking solutions by both practitioners and scholars. The authors discuss the use of military force in protecting imperilled populations, the connections between international humanitarian intervention and the resolution of underlying conflicts, and the adequacy of existing institutions now that traditional understandings of sovereignty are breaking down. The nine chapters are linked by policy commentary from the editors.
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• International Peace and Security: The Theory of UN Collective Security-- The Reality of UN Security Efforts During the Cold War-- UN Security Operations After the Cold War-- Groping Towards the 21st Century. Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs: The United Nations, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs - The Theory-- The United Nations and Applying Human Rights Standards-- Change, the United Nations and Human Rights. Building Peace Through Sustainable Development: Developmentalism and the United Nations-- Ecodevelopment and the United Nations-- Sustainable Development and the United Nations - Problems and Prospects for the 1990s-- Learning from Change.
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• Since the end of the Cold War, the United Nations has been presented with dramatic changes in the world's political arena. In this book the authors trace the development of the UN, from its historical foundations to its expanding role in the post-Cold War world. It covers the structure and function of the UN, how it operates and its relationships with other institutions. Drawing on insights from their practical experience as well as academic experience with the UN, the authors show how the organization has influenced three key areas - security, human rights and sustainable development, and they make recommendations for improved UN performance in the future.
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Since the end of the Cold War, the United Nations has been more and more frequently in the public eye as it attempts to deal with dramatic changes in the world's political arena. In this book the authors trace the development of the UN, from its historical foundations to its expanding role in the post-Cold War world. It covers the structure and function of the UN, how it operates and its relationships with other institutions. Drawing on insights from their practical experience as well as academic experience with the UN, the authors show how the organization has influenced three key areas - security, human rights and sustainable development, and they make recommendations for improved UN performance in the future.
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• Introduction
• Humanitarianism and politics
• Humanitarianism and political actors
• Getting the relationship right
• Looking to the future
• Implications for U.S. policy.

• The setting-- guiding principles-- challenges-- interactions-- the future.
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An examination of the humanitarian practices of private aid agencies, international organizations and governments. Case studies and examples from around the world are used to support the authors' arguments that the global community should make greater efforts at conflict prevention.
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The UN has begun to be called upon to provide a combination of military, administrative and humanitarian assistance in the midst of civil wars. However, its organisation is unsuited to multifunctional operations. This book addresses these issues, exploring recent UN multifunctional operations.
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• Communications, policy-making, and humanitarian crises / Fred H. Cate
• Reporting humanitarianism : are the new electronic media making a difference? / Edward R. Girardet
• Suffering in silence : media coverage of war and famine in the Sudan / Steven Livingston
• Big problems, small print : a guide to the complexity of humanitarian emergencies and the media / Peter Shiras
• Emergency response as morality play : the media, the relief agencies, and the need for capacity building / John Hammock and Joel R. Charny
• The media and the refugee / Lionel Rosenblatt
• Illusions of influence : the CNN effect in complex emergencies / Andrew Natsios
• Human rights and humanitarian crises : policy-making and the media / John Shattuck
• Coping with the new world disorder : the media, humanitarians, and policymakers / Robert Rotberg and Thomas G. Weiss.

Human suffering on a large scale is a continuing threat to world peace. Several dozen gruesome civil wars disturb global order and jar our collective conscience each year. The 50 million people displaced by current complex humanitarian emergencies overwhelm the ability of the post-Cold War world to understand and cope with genocide, ethnic cleansing, massacres, and other inhumane acts. Greater public awareness of how much is at stake and how much more costly it is to act later rather than sooner can be a critical element in stemming the proliferation of these tragedies. The media play an increasingly crucial role in publicizing humanitarian crises, and advances in technology have intensified the immediacy of their reports. Because the world is watching as events unfold, policymakers are under great pressure to respond rapidly. Close cooperation between international relief agencies and the media is thus essential to help prevent or contain the humanitarian emergencies that threaten to overwhelm the world's capacity to care and assist. The authors of this book--all prominent in the fields of disaster relief, journalism, government policymaking, and academia--show how influential well-informed and well-developed media attention has become in forming policies to resolve ethnic and religious conflict and humanitarian crises. The authors argue that the media and humanitarians can collaborate effectively to alter both the attitudes of the public and the actions of policymakers regarding ethnic conflict and humanitarian crises. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Fred H. Cate, Joel R. Charny, Edward R. Girardet, John C. Hammock, Steven Livingston, Andrew Natsios, Lionel Rosenblatt, John Shattuck, and Peter Shiras. A Brookings Institution and World Peace Foundation copublication.
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• Introduction Evolution of the Humanitarian Idea Actors and Arenas Operational Dilemmas and Challenges International Policy Choices Immediate Improvements for the PostCold War Humanitarian System.
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Humanitarian Challenges and Intervention shows how institutional concerns within the international humanitarian systemcombined with the domestic context of armed conflictsoften yield policies that do not serve the immediate requirements of victims for relief, stabilization, and community reconstruction. Based on case studies of the postCold War experience in Central America, northern Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, the authors make recommendations for a more effective and efficient humanitarian system. }There are two distinct contemporary challenges to the relief of war-induced human suffering: one that occurs within the institutions that make up the international humanitarian system, the other in war zones. Varied interests, resources, and organizational structures within institutions hamper the efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian operations. At the same timeon the groundethical, legal, and operational challenges and dilemmas continually arise that require humanitarian actors to choose a course of action with associated necessary evils. Humanitarian Challenges and Intervention shows how institutional concernscombined with the domestic context of armed conflictsoften yield policies that do not serve the immediate requirements of victims for relief, stabilization, and community reconstruction. Based on case studies of the postCold War experience in Central America, northern Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, the authors make recommendations for a more effective and efficient humanitarian system. }.
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The civil wars - and the ensuing humanitarian crises - that have been prominent features of the first post-Cold War decade have revealed a close and active relationship among a triangle of institutions: the news media, governments, and humanitarian organisations. This three-way relationship has elicited considerable commentary, with the media often depicted as the decisive casual link between a given crisis and how governments and aid groups behave. This volume looks at institutional interactions between the news media, both print and electronic, government policy makers and humanitarian agencies. Case studies from Liberia, northern Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, Haiti, and Rwanda distill some of the experiences gained from calamities that have elicited widely varying coverage and responses. Acknowledging that the three groups have differing agendas, limitations, and constituencies, the book nevertheless indentifies a common interest in improving the quality of interactions for the benefit of victims.
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