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1 online resource (173 pages) |
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Global Institutions Ser |
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Global Institutions Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The obscure UN Military Staff Committee; Structure of the volume; 1. History of the improbable creation of the UN Military Staff Committee; Milestones in the creation of a military organ within the UN; The setting up, role, and features of the UN Military Staff Committee; Failure of the negotiations of the special agreements to put armed forces at the disposal of the Security Council; The adjournment of debates around the Military Staff Committee; Conclusion |
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2. The consequences of the paralysis of the Military Staff CommitteeA permanent transitional situation; An underdeveloped political and security system; The development of military advice outside the Security Council; 3. Recurrent attempts at reform and reactivation of the Military Staff Committee since 1948; The Korean War and the proposal of an "Executive Military Authority"; The UN operation in the Congo and the first proposals for revitalizing the Military Staff Committee; Renewed informal activity of the Military Staff Committee during the Gulf War |
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Proposals to revamp the Military Staff Committee in the context of the growth of peacekeeping operations since 1990sA move toward a restart of the work of the Military Staff Committee (2008-2010); Conclusion; 4. Current developments and looking into the future; Current work of the Military Staff Committee; A long-standing missing capacity: What functions for a revamped MSC?; How: Is there a need for a formal reactivation of the Military Staff Committee?; In favor of a realistic reactivation of the Military Staff Committee; Conclusion; Conclusion; The case for a revitalization of the MSC |
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The challenges of recreating a missing capacityBibliography; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United Nations.-Military Staff Committee
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United Nations.-Security Council-Decision making
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United Nations-Peacekeeping forces
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351702096 |
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1351702092 |
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