Thursday, May 17, 2018

When UN Peacekeeping Goes Horribly Wrong

UN "Peacekeeping" operations are seldom discussed by Pentagon officials, despite the billion-plus dollars forked over annually to the organization.

15 active operations led by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, with the plurality centered in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A UN high-level independent panel on Peace Operations concluded.

That UN operations don't have the level of integration or command structure to function as armed forces capable of counterinsurgency operations.

The organization's largest peacekeeping operation in the Congo has hardly accomplished anything, as observers regularly unearth mass graves.

That's not to say, of course, that the UN cannot be an effective peacekeeping force.

Maintaining funding into the billions of dollars still gives a blank check to failed UN operations across the globe, and invites further instability and suffering.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/when-un-peacekeeping-goes-horribly-wrong/

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