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Publications
 The
Reform Process Of United Nations Peace Operations:
Debriefing and Lessons
Prepared under the direction of
Nassrine
Azimi
and Chang Li Lin (Editors)
Report
of the 2001 Singapore Conference
organised by the
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
(UNITAR), the
Institute of Policy Studies of Singapore (IPS) and
the
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
In March 2000, the United
Nations Secretary-General convened an international
panel to conduct a major study on United Nations Peace
Operations. Chaired by former Algerian Foreign
Minister and currently Under-Secretary-General,
Lakhdar Brahimi, the Panel was tasked to conduct a
wide ranging study and analysis over lessons learnt
from past operations such as those in Rwanda and
Somalia, as well as current missions in Kosovo, East
Timor and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Panel looked at how
peacekeeping missions could achieve greater efficiency
and success in attaining the key objectives of
maintaining peace and promoting reconciliation and
reconstruction. It also reviewed the context within
which peacekeeping missions took place, the resources
and limitations of the United Nations Department of
Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) specifically, and the
modality, efficacy and extent of assistance rendered
by the 'international community' within the framework
of peacekeeping and peace-building in general.
The fifth conference in a
series of conferences organised on lessons learnt from
peacekeeping operations was held under the auspices of
the United Nations Institute for Training and Research
(UNITAR), the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) of
Singapore and the Japan Institute of International
Affairs (JIIA). Throughout two intense days in
Singapore, in April of 2001, an eminent group of
academics, government officials, representatives of
international organisations, representatives from
ongoing UN Missions, and military scholars gathered
behind closed doors to reflect upon the
recommendations of the Brahimi Report and the
obstacles to reform of peacekeeping.
This volume contains all
the papers commissioned for that event. It also
includes the Co-Chairs Report and Recommendations. The
Report is a summary of the many animated debates that
took place during the conference. Recommendations of
the Co-Chairs have been drawn from the broad range of
opinions and insights from the conference. The
findings and reactions of the participants to the
Brahimi Report should give policy-makers, researchers
and international affairs analysts a candid review and
critique of past experiences that is essential to the
comprehension of the failures of current peacekeeping
and requirements for the future success.
The Reform Process
of United Nations Peace Operations: Debriefing And
Lessons, Report of the 2001 Singapore
Conference, Prepared under the direction of Nassrine
Azimi and Chang Li Lin (editors), London: Kluwer Law
International for UNITAR, 2001, 313 pages, ISBN
90-411-1700-8
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