Daria Kirilenko July 28, 2008   Mission The Security Council is an organ of the United Nations the mission of which is to maintain international peace and security. Over the years it has taken a greater part in assisting peaceful settlements ...

What is the United Nations Emergency Peace Service? The United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) was proposed as a permanent emergency response service designed to complement, not replace existing peace operations. UNEPS would have first in – first out capabilities that would supplement the UN’s capacity to provide stability, peace, and relief in deadly emergencies.     ...

New: May 20, 2008 - Read CGS's new whitepaper (PDF), United Nations Emergency Peace Service: One Step Towards Effective Genocide Prevention (PDF ) or (HTML ) What is the United Nations Emergency Peace Service? In order to address ever-increasing needs for the international community to respond rapidly and effectively to emerging crises, the United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS...

The 2003 ceasefire agreement between Government and rebel forces was broken on November 4, 2004, when the Government launched air raids against rebel positions in northern Cote d’Ivoire. The bombings were the first major outbreak of hostilities since the May 2003 ceasefire. The fighting escalated on November 6, when Government planes bombed a French military base in Bouaké killing nine French p...

"The United Nations was founded, in the words of its Charter, in order "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war." Meeting this challenge is the most important function of the Organization, and to a very significant degree it is the yardstick with which the Organization is judged by the peoples it exists to serve...Without renewed commitment on the part of Memb...

The United Nations was founded to prevent war. The current system of Peacekeeping needs serious reform. In the past, the UN has deployed all too often into on-going conflicts when they should be entering to keep the peace in post-conflict situations. This panel makes the following recommendations to improve the system. The first step towards peace is conflict prevention, including fact-finding mi...

Dennis Kux and Harpinder Athwal Christian Science Monitor January 13, 2004 Washington - After three weeks of vigorous debates in the loya jirga, Afghans have succeeded in approving a new Constitution for their country. But whether Afghanistan has a presidential or parliamentary system, the focus of controversy is in many respects overshadowed by the burgeoning narcotics trad...