The Un Peacekeeping Operations Is Impacted By Internal Security Problems

Humanitarian issues has been a controversial for the past several decades but even more so with the introduction of many ethnic groups to new areas. This happens because of inhumane treatment by their government but they only receive more when they run away to other areas. A prominent example would be the Syrian refugee crisis, where over 4.5 million people have fled the country. Political unrest, widespread corruption, and high unemployment has led to unprecedented backlash by the Syrian people. Another would be the South Sudanese civil war, where conflicting political and social views have resulted in devastating consequences, including massive hunger and poverty. Their instability stems from a divided executive branch, which has failed to

Since 2014, over 840,000 civilians have fled their homes to become refugees in neighbouring countries in an attempt to avoid violence and seek protection (Kisangani, 2012). Major humanitarian challenges being faced by the AU are providing adequate medical treatment, shelter and food for the refugees.

Canada prevented countless human rights violations committed to civilians because of civil war in South Sudan. South Sudan has several tribes, but the two largest (Dinka and Nuer) have had a long history of conflict. Additionally, the dismissal of the Vice President Riek Machar (Nuer) by the President Salva Kiir (Dinka) has plunged the two tribes into conflict once again (Conflict between Dinka and Nuer 1). Furthermore, the dismissal of Riek Machar led him to become the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and sparked a conflict between the government of South Sudan and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (South Sudanese Civil War 1). Examples of violations are the Dinkas ethnically cleansing the Nuer people, government troops attacking civilians in towns and sexual violence against women (South Sudanese Civil War 1). As a result, Canada created Operation SOPRANO and refugee camps in South Sudan to prevent further atrocities committed toward civilians (Operation SOPRANO 1). Additionally, Operation SOPRANO consist of Canadian Task Force members and their mandate is to “protect civilians, monitor and investigate human rights violations, create the conditions to provide humanitarian aid and support implementing a cease-hostilities agreement” (Operation SOPRANO 1). Furthermore, Canada supplied the United Nations with 500 million Canadian dollars and 600 peacekeeping troops. In summary, without the aid of Canada a

The Sudan is home to two civil wars taking place dating back hundreds of years. “The older of the two, pitting the Muslim revels from the south, has claimed 2m lives in the past two decades, and spurred 4m people to abandon their homes.”(Economist 11) Although the two sides in this old war are close to a peace resolution, a new insurgence has begun in the region pitting “Arabs” against the “black Africans”, in an effort to attract peace concessions from the Sudanese government just as the older rebels did years before. An uprising by rebel groups against government targets sparked this new war because they felt neglected by the Sudanese government. But the response of the government to the new revolt falls extremely short of peace concessions, and instead perpetuates an environment of violence, torture and depression. The government has given its own militia, the janjaweed, free reign to pillage, rape and kill black civilians in a futile attempt to squelch the revolt. This can be see as an “ethnic cleansing” in which the government feels that the killings of blacks will hopefully rid the country of the rebels given that the Darfur rebels are mostly black Africans. Thus, the Sudanese

Ever since the start of the civil war (December 2013) in South Sudan, tensions have been running high between two opposing groups. Those who support the President, Salva Kiir, and those who support his fired deputy, Rick Machar. This conflict has caused food shortages and disease for many people. The one thing the parties have in common is the brutal violence especially towards women. According to the article,

Humanitarian crises and international politics goes hand in hand. One can cause the other, while the only way to fix the other is to rely on politics. This paper will highlight the cause of genocide, violent massacres and crisis, how to solve them, and key roles politicians and nations must take up wholeheartedly in order to make a difference. Personal and political reconciliation must occur in the parties involved ever want to have a mutual co existence.

The War in the Darfur region of Sudan has occurred since February of 2003. The Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) are rebel groups that revolted against the Sudanese government, producing a civil war throughout Darfur. The direct result of which is the first genocide of the 21st century, and more specifically, genocide through governmental disregard.

Creating relations between races and ethnicity's has always been vital to the success of the world. The United States and the international community have been, more often than not, late to stop violent acts against humanity. It took decades after the United Nations was created, and after a horrendous genocide in Rwanda, for the International Criminal Court to be created. Despite these two establishments created for international peace and security, crimes against humans rights are still occurring.When human rights are being violated, it is necessary for the U.S. and its allies to intervene in ethnic conflicts. While others may say humanitarian intervention goes against a state’s sovereign authority,it is necessary to protect

The Sudanese government enlisted and trained the Janjaweed to fight the southern Africans, and many of the Janjaweed have officially joined the Sudanese army, although the government denies these facts. In many attacks, the Janjaweed and Sudanese troops work together, with the Sudanese providing air support for the Janjaweed. The well-organized training and support provided by the Sudanese government to the Janjaweed clearly show organization, and is a key point in defining the Darfur killings as

Most of those IDPs forced to flee the violence, insecurity and drought of their home regions have no place else to go. Continuous dehumanization, camp destruction and arbitrary evictions may increase the IDP youth to be vulnerable to radicalization. The government and other humanitarian organizations were expected to assist and repatriate the displaced refugees to their homes and farmers.

In the Congo, about 2.4 million of Congolese refugees had become a part of a population in nearly 16 years of armed conflict and turbulence in the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). The refugees should be protected and full attention. Thus is because they are mostly are from the ethnic minorities of the eastern DRC and they are exposed with the unsafe condition because they does not have places and insufficient food. Therefore, the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established in 1950 in order to protect the refugees. After that, about 11,000 Congolese refugees had been resettled over 12 years in United State in more than 220 cities and 45 states. Other than U.S.

The mission deployed with an overriding mandate “to consolidate peace and security, and to help establish conditions for development in the Republic of South Sudan, with a view to strengthening the capacity of the government of the Republic of South Sudan to govern effectively and democratically.” The mission started with 7,000 troops with the intention of reducing the force up to 6,000, in one year if things went well. However, the force has been increasing; in 2013 the force increased to 12,500 troops, and in 2016 the United Nations Security Council authorized an increase of a force to 17,000 troops. However, the increase of forces has not changed much on the ground, and the government of South Sudan and an international community continue to criticize UNMISS. When the conflict erupted 2013, The UN Secretary-General’s special representative, Hilde Johnson, acknowledged that “UNMISS was neither politically nor operationally prepared for the conflict.” International community blamed the UNMISS for not doing much to protect civilians when the fighting began. Yet again UNMISS has become unpopular because it had failed to protect people in some occasions, for example, Malakal attack against civilians by government

While still struggling to achieve peace with Sudan since its independence in 2011, South Sudan is now rife with inner-conflict. Rebel forces led by the former Vice-President Riek Machar want to overthrow the South Sudanese government, led by President Salva Kiir.

How did the historical facts change Peacekeeping operations before and after the cold war? History

The United Nations, with its rigid moral and political limitations against force, has become a benchmark of peace and a social achievement of modern times. From war torn Europe, the United Nations developed from five major powers with an initial goal to prevent the spread of warfare through peaceful means and to establish and maintain fundamental human rights. Through the past fifty years, this organization has broadened its horizons with auxiliary organizations from peace keeping missions to humanitarian aid, to economic development. However, in a modern example of ethnic cleansing, the UN faces new a new role as a bystander as its power is bypassed by NATO forces. The UN, however, promises to be an