UN PEACEKEEPING IN AFRICA: EFFECTIVENESS AND PROBLEMS.
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The UN Security Council authorizes peace operations by an affirmative vote of nine of the fifteen members without a veto from the five permanent members: the United States, China, France, Russia, the UK. The Security Council has authorized more than fifty peace operations in the years since the Cold War. The UN deploys peacekeeping forces to prevent or contain fighting; stabilize post-conflict zones; ...
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