The UN and International Order

The UN security framework and peace operations

The UN peace operations- definitions Institutional arrangements and the

institutional adaptation debate Limitations to the UN capacity in

contemporary crisis management

The UN peace operations

Conceptual framework- the UN Charter (Preamble), Security Council Resolutions, General Assembly Resolutions, Reports of the Secretary-General, Security Council Presidential Statements

Preventive diplomacy and Peace-making (preventive deployment, disarmament, humanitarian action, and peace building)

Peace-keeping- 1st generation, humanitarian intervention (2nd generation)

Peace building Humanitarian intervention

Institutional arrangements and the institutional adaptation debate

The Security Council- authorises missions, Military Staff Committee, Peacekeeping Operations and Missions

The General Assembly- Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (4th Committee)

The Secretariat: Department of Political Affairs and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO); The Secretary-General and his/her Special Representatives, Emissaries, Special Envoys

The institutional adaptation debate: - a political centre of decision-making: strategic planning and

political direction- operational centre of decision-making: Integrated Mission Task

Forces and the concept ‘rapid and effective deployment capacity’ (UN standby arrangements system- UNSAS