DOCSLIB.ORG

United Nations Peace Operations Table of Contents

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
United Nations Peace Operations Table of Contents UNITED NATIONS PEACE OPERATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 ] A year of complex challenges for UN peace operations 59 ] Marking the Blue Line: An ambitious UNIFIL effort for peace 19 ] Global Field Support Strategy goes into effect 62 ] Iraq in 2010: A real test for transition to democracy 21 ] Who are the UN peacekeepers? 65 ] UNAMA: Another tough year for Afghanistan 23 ] Five years of reforms addressing misconduct by UN peacekeeping personnel 67 ] UNMIT: Helping strengthen the foundation for future prosperity and stability in Timor-Leste 25 ] Marking 10 years of addressing the impact of war on women 70 ] UN mission prepares to withdraw from Nepal 27 ] United Nations Police: Growing presence and 71 ] Kosovo remains stable during time of political rule of law role change 30 ] Haiti begins long process of rebuilding 73 ] Committed to a lasting peace in Cyprus 33 ] Sudan: Pulling out the stops for the referendum INTERVIEWS > > > 36 ] Radio Miraya: Sudan referendum hits the airwaves 4 ] Alain Le Roy, the Under-Secretary-General 37 ] UNAMID: Striving to protect Darfur’s most vulnerable for Peacekeeping Operations 40 ] Côte d’Ivoire: A year of significant advances 10 ] Susana Malcorra, the Under-Secretary- followed by a lost opportunity General for Field Support 44 ] MONUC becomes MONUSCO, challenges remain 15 ] B. Lynn Pascoe, the Under-Secretary- 48 ] Improved security paves way for MINURCAT withdrawal General for Political Affairs 49 ] A busy year for preventive diplomacy in West Africa PEACE OPERATIONS FACTS AND FIGURES > > > 50 ] One Liberia – One UN: Forging ahead together 76 ] United Nations peacekeeping operations 51 ] Turning the tide on Somalia? 78 ] United Nations political and peacebuilding missions 53 ] The Middle East remains high on UN peace and security 80 ] Peacekeeping contributors agenda 81 ] Top 10 contributors of uniformed personnel 55 ] UNSCO: Supporting a two-State solution in the Middle East 81 ] Surge in uniformed UN peacekeeping personnel 57 ] UNSCOL: The Challenge of peacemaking in Lebanon from 1991-2010 Photo caption: Voters look for their names on registration lists outside a poll- 81 ] Top 10 providers of assessed financial contributions ing station at Zam Zam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp on the first day of Sudan’s national elections, Zam Zam, North Darfur, Sudan. 11 April 2010. (UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran) Cover photo: UN peacekeeper in Haiti. 17 September 2010. (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) A YEAR OF COMPLEX CHALLENGES FOR UN PEACE OPERATIONS 2010 was in many ways a water- caught in the middle of a tense into two, the UN Mission in Sudan shed one for UN peace operations. stand-off in Côte d’Ivoire following (UNMIS) assisted and supported Several long-standing peacekeep- contested presidential elections. the national authorities in plan- ing missions, including in Liberia ning for and carrying out this criti- and Timor-Leste, took decisive While there may be a reduction cal poll. steps towards extending initial in the numbers of peacekeepers stability and security gains into in 2011, peacekeeping will be no Limited consent from the national longer-term peacebuilding, al- less crucial. And the political role authorities and differences within lowing UN peacekeepers to begin of the UN, through its political the international community re- to withdraw or to plan to do so. In field missions and special envoys garding strategy necessitated the other theatres of operations such conducting peacemaking, preven- downsizing and eventual closure as Chad, Darfur and the Democratic tative diplomacy and peacebuild- of the UN peacekeeping mission Republic of the Congo, political and ing, is bound to grow even more. in Chad and the Central African operational factors have made it Republic (MINURCAT). harder for the peacekeepers to live As Sudan prepared for the historic up to expectations. The year ended referendum that would decide if Despite continued insecurity in with thousands of peacekeepers the largest country in Africa splits the east, over 1,500 blue hel- A peacekeeper with the African Union- United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) speaks to a resident of the Zam Zam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp near El Fasher, Darfur, Sudan. 10 February 2010. (UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran) YEAR IN REVIEW 2010 1 mets began to pull out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the operation transformed into a stabilization mission known as MONUSCO. And following the earthquake of 12 January 2010, the UN Mission in Haiti – itself horrifically affected by the tragedy –began the process of undertak- ing an entire new set of stabiliza- tion tasks. After a decade of surge in demand for UN blue helmets, it appears that peacekeeping may now be headed towards a period of consolidation and even contraction. But the new environment promises to be com- plex, the tasks daunting and the work dangerous. Any reduction in numbers of peacekeepers in no way indicates that the challenges are diminishing. To better service its operations, the UN Secretariat has been develop- ing its global field support strategy, transforming recruitment process- es and strengthening regional hubs to further systemize and econo- mize support to peace operations and political missions and to better cope with logistical challenges. The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Opera- Yet peacekeeping continues to tion in Darfur (UNAMID) conducts road trip ex- confront a range of substantive ercise across North and West Darfur, Sudan. 23 challenges and issues. These in- June 2010. (UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran) clude maintaining the consent of the parties to a peacekeeping operation; trying to keep peace when there is no peace to keep; upholding UN impartiality; and deciding when to use force within the scope of a mission’s means and mandate. The fundamental requirement that peacekeeping must sustain inter- national political support through- out the entire lifespan of the mis- sion, and that it must accompany but not substitute for a vibrant and 2 UNITED NATIONS PEACE OPERATIONS inclusive political process, also rity sectors and building the rule of UN political missions are operat- remain critical to success. law, protecting civilians, combat- ing in obvious hotspots such as ing sexual and gender-based vio- Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle UN peacekeeping operations con- lence, assisting national elections, East, but also in areas that are tinue to deploy to inhospitable envi- promoting security of UN staff and not in the headlines but where ronments that are remote and dan- helping to nurture the often fragile the potential for conflict remains gerous with scant resources and seeds of peace. In the immediate constant, such as West Africa, considerable logistical challenges. aftermath of conflict, peacekeep- Central Asia and soon Central The numbers of peacekeepers on ers are increasingly peacebuilders. Africa. The UN’s 12 political mis- the ground may be shrinking, but sions range from small mediation both the expectations and the com- In a complementary develop- teams to large and multi-faceted plexity of mandates continue to ment, the UN Secretariat and field operations–all deployed with grow. While some missions retain Security Council have put new the belief that lasting political so- the traditional ceasefire support, emphasis on preventative diplo- lutions are the ultimate necessity observation and monitoring tasks, macy as a low-key, long-term for peace. today’s operations are increas- and cost-effective way to en- ingly called upon to perform a wide courage peace and stability. range of multi-dimensional and exceptionally sensitive tasks–such The UN Department of Political Af- A peacekeeper with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) helps relocate a young resident from a as supporting peace processes, fairs has been expanding its pres- camp for people displaced in the January 2010 earthquake building sustainable institutions ence in the field, in the form of re- ahead of the arrival of tropical storm Tomas, Port-au-Prince, of governance, reforming secu- gionally-focused political offices. Haiti. 4 November 2010. (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) YEAR IN REVIEW 2010 3 Alain Le Roy (left), the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, is greeted by Ibrahim Gambari (right), the UN PEACEKEEPING ENTERS Joint Special Representative of the Af- rican Union-United Nations Hybrid Op- eration in Darfur (UNAMID) upon arrival CONSOLIDATION PHASE in El Fasher, Sudan. 9 November 2010. (UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran) IntervIew wIth AlAIn le roy, the Under-SecretAry-GenerAl for PeAcekeePInG oPerAtIonS The number of United Na- Le Roy: Yes, I believe see a further drawdown in tions peacekeepers has peacekeeping has entered a 2012 in Timor-Leste and increased dramatically phase of consolidation after Liberia. Although I don’t over the past decade and nearly a decade of expan- anticipate any new opera- now more than 120,000 sion. The peak was in May tions in the months ahead, military, police and civil- 2010 when we reached we have just increased the ians serve worldwide un- 126,000 peacekeepers. strength of our mission in der the Un flag. do you Côte d’Ivoire and our pres- think that the surge in Un Since then we have seen a ence in Sudan will need to peacekeeping has peaked slight decrease, mainly due be reviewed in light of the and that we have entered to the closure of MINURCAT referendum. However, any a phase of consolidation? at the end of 2010. We may reduction in terms of num- 4 UNITED NATIONS PEACE OPERATIONS bers by no means indicates that do it – we cannot protect everyone peace and security – a landmark the challenges we are facing are from everything. But we know the text which recognized the role diminishing. At the same time, expectations are very high, espe- of women not just as victims of we are focusing more attention cially on our peacekeepers. We do conflict but also as peacemak- on the specific requirements and our utmost to meet these expec- ers.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual Volume I
    United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual Volume I asdf DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OF FIELD SUPPORT AUGUST 2012 United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual Volume I asdf DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OF FIELD SUPPORT AUGUST 2012 The first UN Infantry Battalion was deployed as part of United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF-I). UN infantry soldiers march in to Port Said, Egypt, in December 1956 to assume operational responsibility. asdf ‘The United Nations Infantry Battalion is the backbone of United Nations peacekeeping, braving danger, helping suffering civilians and restoring stability across war-torn societies. We salute your powerful contribution and wish you great success in your life-saving work.’ BAN Ki-moon United Nations Secretary-General United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual ii Preface I am very pleased to introduce the United Nations Infantry Battalion Man- ual, a practical guide for commanders and their staff in peacekeeping oper- ations, as well as for the Member States, the United Nations Headquarters military and other planners. The ever-changing nature of peacekeeping operations with their diverse and complex challenges and threats demand the development of credible response mechanisms. In this context, the military components that are deployed in peacekeeping operations play a pivotal role in maintaining safety, security and stability in the mission area and contribute meaningfully to the achievement of each mission mandate. The Infantry Battalion con- stitutes the backbone of any peacekeeping
    [Show full text]
  • Israel/Lebanon out of All Proportion - Civilians Bear the Brunt of the War
    Israel/Lebanon Out of all proportion - civilians bear the brunt of the war AI Index: MDE 02/033/2006 Amnesty International November 2006 2 Israel/Lebanon: Out of all proportion - civilians bear the brunt of the war TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface............................................................................................................................1 Chapter 1: Introduction..................................................................................................2 Chapter 2: International law as it applies to the war......................................................7 International humanitarian law...................................................................................8 International human rights law.................................................................................13 International criminal law ........................................................................................14 Chapter 3: Israel’s attacks and their rationale..............................................................17 Chapter 4: Civilians under fire.....................................................................................28 Trapped and terrorized .............................................................................................28 Killed in their homes................................................................................................31 Attacked in flight......................................................................................................41 Medical vehicles and humanitarian
    [Show full text]
  • Year in Review 2008
    United Nations Peace Operations YEAR IN2008 REVIEW asdf TABLE OF CONTENTS 12 ] UNMIS helps keep North-South Sudan peace on track 13 ] MINURCAT trains police in Chad, prepares to expand 15 ] After gaining ground in Liberia, UN blue helmets start to downsize 16 ] Progress in Côte d’Ivoire 18 ] UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea is withdrawn 19 ] UNMIN assists Nepal in transition to peace and democracy 20 ] Amid increasing insecurity, humanitarian and political work continues in Somalia 21 ] After nearly a decade in Kosovo, UNMIK reconfigures 23 ] Afghanistan – Room for hope despite challenges 27 ] New SRSG pursues robust UN mandate in electoral assistance, reconstruction and political dialogue in Iraq 29 ] UNIFIL provides a window of opportunity for peace in southern Lebanon 30 ] A watershed year for Timor-Leste 33 ] UN continues political and peacekeeping efforts in the Middle East 35 ] Renewed hope for a solution in Cyprus 37 ] UNOMIG carries out mandate in complex environment 38 ] DFS: Supporting peace operations Children of Tongo, Massi, North Kivu, DRC. 28 March 2008. UN Photo by Marie Frechon. Children of Tongo, 40 ] Demand grows for UN Police 41 ] National staff make huge contributions to UN peace 1 ] 2008: United Nations peacekeeping operations observes 60 years of operations 44 ] Ahtisaari brings pride to UN peace efforts with 2008 Nobel Prize 6 ] As peace in Congo remains elusive, 45 ] Security Council addresses sexual violence as Security Council strengthens threat to international peace and security MONUC’s hand [ Peace operations facts and figures ] 9 ] Challenges confront new peace- 47 ] Peacekeeping contributors keeping mission in Darfur 48 ] United Nations peacekeeping operations 25 ] Peacekeepers lead response to 50 ] United Nations political and peacebuilding missions disasters in Haiti 52 ] Top 10 troop contributors Cover photo: Jordanian peacekeepers rescue children 52 ] Surge in uniformed UN peacekeeping personnel from a flooded orphanage north of Port-au-Prince from1991-2008 after the passing of Hurricane Ike.
    [Show full text]
  • Reputation As a Disciplinarian of International Organizations Kristina Daugirdas University of Michigan Law School, [email protected]
    University of Michigan Law School University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository Articles Faculty Scholarship 2019 Reputation as a Disciplinarian of International Organizations Kristina Daugirdas University of Michigan Law School, [email protected] Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/articles/2035 Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/articles Part of the International Humanitarian Law Commons, Organizations Law Commons, and the Public Law and Legal Theory Commons Recommended Citation Daugirdas, Kristina. "Reputation as a Disciplinarian of International Organizations." Am. J. Int'l L. 113, no. 2 (2019): 221-71. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles by an authorized administrator of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of International Law doi:10.1017/ajil.2018.122 REPUTATION AS A DISCIPLINARIAN OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS By Kristina Daugirdas* ABSTRACT As a disciplinarian of international organizations, reputation has serious shortcomings. Even though international organizations have strong incentives to maintain a good reputation, reputational concerns will sometimes fail to spur preventive or corrective action. Organizations have multiple audiences, so efforts to preserve a “good” reputation may pull organizations in many different directions, and steps taken to preserve a good reputation will not always be salutary. Recent incidents of sexual violence by UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic illustrate these points. On April 29, 2015, The Guardian published an explosive story based on a leaked UN document.1 The document described allegations against French troops who had been deployed to the Central African Republic pursuant to a mandate established by the Security Council.
    [Show full text]
  • A/62/883–S/2008/399 General Assembly Security Council
    United Nations A/62/883–S/2008/399 General Assembly Distr.: General 18 June 2008 Security Council Original: English General Assembly Security Council Sixty-second session Sixty-third year Agenda item 17 The situation in the Middle East Identical letters dated 17 June 2008 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council I have the honour to forward herewith the Lebanese Government’s position paper on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) (see annex). Also forwarded herewith are the lists of Israeli air, maritime and land violations of the blue line as compiled by the Lebanese armed forces and covering the period between 11 February and 29 May 2008 (see enclosure). I kindly request that the present letter and its annex be circulated as a document of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly under agenda item 17 and as a document of the Security Council. (Signed) Caroline Ziade Chargé d’affaires, a.i. 08-39392 (E) 250608 *0839392* A/62/883 S/2008/399 Annex to the identical letters dated 17 June 2008 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council Lebanese Government position paper on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) 17 June 2008 On the eve of the second anniversary of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), and in anticipation of the periodic review of the Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of the resolution, the Lebanese position on the outstanding key elements is as follows: 1.
    [Show full text]
  • United Nations Force Headquarters Handbook
    United Nations Force Headquarters Handbook UNITED NATIONS FORCE HEADQUARTERS HANDBOOK November 2014 United Nations Force Headquarters Handbook Foreword The United Nations Force Headquarters Handbook aims at providing information that will contribute to the understanding of the functioning of the Force HQ in a United Nations field mission to include organization, management and working of Military Component activities in the field. The information contained in this Handbook will be of particular interest to the Head of Military Component I Force Commander, Deputy Force Commander and Force Chief of Staff. The information, however, would also be of value to all military staff in the Force Headquarters as well as providing greater awareness to the Mission Leadership Team on the organization, role and responsibilities of a Force Headquarters. Furthermore, it will facilitate systematic military planning and appropriate selection of the commanders and staff by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Since the launching of the first United Nations peacekeeping operations, we have collectively and systematically gained peacekeeping expertise through lessons learnt and best practices of our peacekeepers. It is important that these experiences are harnessed for the benefit of current and future generation of peacekeepers in providing appropriate and clear guidance for effective conduct of peacekeeping operations. Peacekeeping operations have evolved to adapt and adjust to hostile environments, emergence of asymmetric threats and complex operational challenges that require a concerted multidimensional approach and credible response mechanisms to keep the peace process on track. The Military Component, as a main stay of a United Nations peacekeeping mission plays a vital and pivotal role in protecting, preserving and facilitating a safe, secure and stable environment for all other components and stakeholders to function effectively.
    [Show full text]
  • United Nations Force Headquarters Handbook
    United Nations Force Headquarters Handbook UNITED NATIONS FORCE HEADQUARTERS HANDBOOK November 2014 United Nations Force Headquarters Handbook Foreword The United Nations Force Headquarters Handbook aims at providing information that will contribute to the understanding of the functioning of the Force HQ in a United Nations field mission to include organization, management and working of Military Component activities in the field. The information contained in this Handbook will be of particular interest to the Head of Military Component I Force Commander, Deputy Force Commander and Force Chief of Staff. The information, however, would also be of value to all military staff in the Force Headquarters as well as providing greater awareness to the Mission Leadership Team on the organization, role and responsibilities of a Force Headquarters. Furthermore, it will facilitate systematic military planning and appropriate selection of the commanders and staff by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Since the launching of the first United Nations peacekeeping operations, we have collectively and systematically gained peacekeeping expertise through lessons learnt and best practices of our peacekeepers. It is important that these experiences are harnessed for the benefit of current and future generation of peacekeepers in providing appropriate and clear guidance for effective conduct of peacekeeping operations. Peacekeeping operations have evolved to adapt and adjust to hostile environments, emergence of asymmetric threats and complex operational challenges that require a concerted multidimensional approach and credible response mechanisms to keep the peace process on track. The Military Component, as a main stay of a United Nations peacekeeping mission plays a vital and pivotal role in protecting, preserving and facilitating a safe, secure and stable environment for all other components and stakeholders to function effectively.
    [Show full text]
  • 4144R18E UNIFIL Sep07.Ai
    700000E 710000E 720000E 730000E 740000E 750000E 760000E HQ East 0 1 2 3 4 5 km ni MALAYSIA ta 3700000N HQ SPAIN IRELAND i 7-4 0 1 2 3 mi 3700000N L 4-23 Harat al Hart Maritime Task Force POLAND FINLAND Hasbayya GERMANY - 5 vessels 7-3 4-2 HQ INDIA Shwayya (1 frigate, 2 patrol boats, 2 auxiliaries) CHINA 4-23 GREECE - 2 vessels Marjayoun 7-2 Hebbariye (1 frigate, 1 patrol boat) Ibil 4-1 4-7A NETHERLANDS - 1 vessel as Saqy Kafr Hammam 4-7 ( ) 1 frigate 4-14 Shaba 4-14 4-13 TURKEY - 3 vessels Zawtar 4-7C (1 frigate, 2 patrol boats) Kafr Shuba ash Al Qulayah 4-30 3690000N Sharqiyat Al Khiyam Halta 3690000N tan LEBANON KHIAM Tayr Li i (OGL) 4-31 Mediterranean 9-66 4-34 SYRIAN l Falsayh SECTOR a s Bastra s Arab Sea Shabriha Shhur QRF (+) Kafr A Tura HQ HQ INDONESIA EAST l- Mine Action a HQ KOREA Kila 4-28 i Republic Coordination d 2-5 Frun a Cell (MACC) Barish 7-1 9-15 Metulla Marrakah 9-10 Al Ghajar W Majdal Shams HQ ITALY-1 At Tayyabah 9-64 HQ UNIFIL Mughr Shaba Sur 2-1 9-1 Qabrikha (Tyre) Yahun Addaisseh Misgav Am LOG POLAND Tayr Tulin 9-63 Dan Jwayya Zibna 8-18 Khirbat Markaba Kefar Gil'adi Mas'adah 3680000N COMP FRANCE Ar Rashidiyah 3680000N Ayn Bal Kafr Silm Majdal MAR HaGosherim Dafna TURKEY SECTOR Dunin BELGIUM & Silm Margaliyyot MP TANZANIA Qana HQ LUXEMBURG 2-4 Dayr WEST HQ NEPAL 8-33 Qanun HQ West BELGIUM Qiryat Shemona INDIA Houla 8-32 Shaqra 8-31 Manara Al Qulaylah CHINA 6-43 Tibnin 8-32A ITALY HQ ITALY-2 Al Hinniyah 6-5 6-16 8-30 5-10 6-40 Brashit HQ OGL Kafra Haris Mays al Jabal Al Mansuri 2-2 1-26 Haddathah HQ FRANCE 8-34 2-31
    [Show full text]
  • Protecting Civilians in the Context of UN Peacekeeping Operations
    About this publication Since 1999, an increasing number of United Nations peacekeeping missions have been expressly mandated to protect civilians. However, they continue to struggle to turn that ambition into reality on the ground. This independent study examines the drafting, interpretation, and implementation of such mandates over the last 10 years and takes stock of the successes and setbacks faced in this endeavor. It contains insights and recommendations for the entire range of United Nations protection actors, including the Security Council, troop and police contributing countries, the Secretariat, and the peacekeeping operations implementing protection of civilians mandates. Protecting Civilians in the Context Protecting Civilians in the Context the Context in Civilians Protecting This independent study was jointly commissioned by the Department of Peace keeping Opera- Operations Peacekeeping UN of tions and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations. of UN Peacekeeping Operations Front cover images (left to right): Spine images (top to bottom): The UN Security Council considers the issue of the pro­ A member of the Indian battalion of MONUC on patrol, 2008. Successes, Setbacks and Remaining Challenges tection of civilians in armed conflict, 2009. © UN Photo/Marie Frechon. © UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz). Members of the Argentine battalion of the United Nations Two Indonesian members of the African Union–United Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) assist an elderly Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol as woman, 2008. © UN Photo/Logan Abassi. women queue to receive medical treatment, 2009. © UN Photo/Olivier Chassot. Back cover images (left to right): Language: ENGLISH A woman and a child in Haiti receive emergency rations Sales #: E.10.III.M.1 from the UN World Food Programme, 2008.
    [Show full text]
  • United Nations Development Action Framework 2013-17
    INDIA UNDAF United Nations Development Action Framework 2013-2017 Cover Photo Credit: UNICEF and UNHCR Copyright: United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office Formulated in 2011, printed in June 2012 INDIA UNDAF United Nations Development Action Framework 2013-2017 India UNDAF UnitedIndia UNDAF Nations UnitedDevelopment Nations Action Development Framework Action 2013-2017 Framework 2013-2017 2 Photo Credit: UNICEF India UNDAF United Nations Development Action Framework 2013-2017 Contents Foreword 4 India UNDAF 2013-2017 6 Executive Summary 7 1. Context 12 1.1 The UNDAF Formulation Process 12 1.2 Country Assessment 13 1.3 Lessons Learned from UNDAF 2008-12 18 1.4 The Comparative Advantage of the UN in India 19 1.5 The Vision and Mission of the UNDAF 20 1.6 Context and Focus of the UNDAF 21 2. The UNDAF Outcomes 22 2.1 Outcome 1: Inclusive Growth 22 2.2 Outcome 2: Food and Nutrition Security 30 2.3 Outcome 3: Gender Equality 34 2.4 Outcome 4: Equitable Access to Quality Basic Services [Health; Education; HIV and AIDS; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)] 40 2.5 Outcome 5: Governance 50 2.6 Outcome 6: Sustainable Development 54 3. Programme Implementation and Operations Management 60 3.1 Geographical Focus 60 3.2 Partnerships 61 3.3 Programme Management 61 3.4 Monitoring 63 3.5 Evaluation 64 3.6 Operations Management 64 4. Resource Requirements 66 Annexures Annexure 1: International Covenants/Conventions/Treaties Ratified/Acceded/Signed by India 68 Annexure 2: Terms of Reference for Programme Management Team (PMT) 70 Annexure 3: Terms of
    [Show full text]
  • Libya and the Danish Way Of
    106 Good News: Libya and the Danish Way of War Peter Viggo Jakobsen and Karsten Jakob Møller1 DANISH FOREIGN POLICY YEARBOOK 2012 FOREIGN POLICY DANISH ‘I have good news’ – this is how a smiling Danish Minister of Foreign Af- fairs Espersen announced the decision to send F-16 fighter jets to Libya to the media.2 No one batted an eyelid. The notion that it was good news that Denmark was going to war was almost universally shared. All parties in parliament, all major news outlets and 78% of the population applauded the decision. This level of public support was the highest polled among the nations participating in the initial phase of the air campaign.3 This appetite for war should come as no surprise. It had already been evi- dent during the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) air war over Kosovo in 1999 when the Danes also topped the polls conducted among NATO member states, and news late in the campaign that Danish F-16s had dropped bombs on Serbian targets was greeted with pride and joy.4 It is also visible in the fact that Danes remain the top supporters of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan, even though Denmark, with 42 soldiers killed, has suffered the highest number of casualties per capita.5 This was further underlined in early 2012 when Danes were the strongest supporters of launching a ground invasion in order to stop the Iranian nuclear program.6 This demonstrates Denmark’s remarkable journey from Venus to Mars, as Kagan would have put it.7 From the defeat to Prussia in 1864 till the end of the Cold War, Denmark resided on Venus with a defence and security policy that was characterized by a peacekeeping and mediation approach.
    [Show full text]
  • On the Frontline: Youth, Peace and Security
    Youth, Peace On the Frontline: and Security Report 14 This report is written by Kjersti Kanestrøm Lie Editor: Ingvill Breivik Design and illustration: Kristoffer Nilsen [saftogvann.com] Translation: Camilla Lorentzen The report is funded by Norad (the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) 2 Youth is the most important weapon for peace In December 2015, the Security Council of an overarching principle. The fact that the the United Nations (UN) passed the resolu- Security Council passed this resolution is a tion 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security. This victory for young peace activists worldwide. is the first ever resolution by the UN on peace It gives clear measures to decision makers on keeping and security policy where young peo- how youth should be included in peace and ple are placed at the centre. It challenges the security work. Now the politicians need to way we think about youth in conflict, from follow up the work. being a problem, to being the main solution More than one year has passed since the in creating a more peaceful world. resolution was approved, and implementa- “The greatest strength is that it [the tion efforts have slowly started, but not as resolution] comes from young people fast as they should.With this report, LNU themselves” says Libyan Hajer Sharief in an wishes to put the resolution further up on the interview in this report. In 2017 Sharief won agenda in Norway and contribute to 2250 the Student Peace Prize, and has been one of being followed up by decision makers natio- the young people central to the efforts that nally, regionally and internationally.
    [Show full text]