dos Santos et al: Improving Security of United Nations Peacekeepers

Tags: un and global governance lecture 3, papers

• since 2013, 195 have died
• Non-state actors create new dangers
• lack of pre-deployment training exposes problems
• spikes in casualities starting in 2011, continues until today
• claims that people plan peacekeeping missions w/o being aware of the risks
• combination of defensive posture, risk-adverse usage of force, and unwise risk taking leads to deaths
• poor combination of lack of intelligence, poor information sharing, and bad training makes for unmeshed peacekeeping operations
• missions are large, various bureacratic turf wars for operations and logistics

key problems

1. organization level of the UN has not adapted
2. leadership is lacking, especially @ sector commander level
3. missions have unmmaned, undermanned, and ill-equipped troops
4. failure to have strong response after serious attacks lets criminals operate with inpunity
5. pre-deployment readiness must be followed, no more caveats
6. in mission training, less cycling of troops (most troops leave every 6 months)
7. poor infrastructure in country threatens all
8. IED detection and attacks on camps/bases
9. lacking intelligence
10. field health care also lacking
11. mission footprint needs to be oriented
12. mutual accountability by all