Full Description
This book has emerged out of the author's experience as Director of an innovative peacemaking, peacekeeping and humanitarian initiative, the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, between 1992 and 1996. What was striking about this conference was the experiment of two full-time Co-Chairmen, one from the United Nations and one from the European Union, who laboured tirelessly for peace in different parts of the former Yugoslavia for three and a half years. The strategies and organization of the conference had to be pieced together from the start by the Co-Chairmen and their colleagues; only in retrospect could the question whether there might have been experiences of international peace conferences that might have been useful at the beginning of this process be reviewed. This research is contained in Part One of this book, which offers a review of the role of international peace conferences in history. Part Two contains a case study of the strategies and experiences of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.
Contents
Preface; Foreword: Martti Ahtisaari;
Part One: International Peace Conferences
Introduction
Chapters
I. International Peace Conferences : A Historical Overview
II. The Institutional Architectures
III. Conflict Prevention
IV. Peacemaking
V. Peacekeeping
VI. Peacebuilding
VII. Human Rights
VIII. Justice
Conclusion
Part Two: The Art of The Possible in UN Peacemaking, Peacekeeing and Humanitarianism: Yugoslavia 1992 - 1996
Introduction: The UN Idea and the Art of the Possible
Chapters
I. Conflict Containment and Prevention: Successes and Misses
A. Containment in Croatia
B. Successful Prevention in Macedonia
C. Successful Prevention on Geece-Macedonia
D. International Monitors on the Drina
E. Miss on Kosovo?
II. Peacemaking: Success on Greece-Macedonia
III. Peacemaking: Success on the Danube Region of Croatia
IV. Peacemaking: Successes and Sabotage on Bosnia
V. Humanitarianism: Heroism in the Face of Inhumanity
VI. Peacekeeping in the face of Ingratitude, Opportunism, and Treachery
VII. Peacekeeping: Negotiating the Peacekeeping Mandate in Croatia
VIII. Human Rights: How to Protect in the Heart of Darkness?
IX. Political Leadership: The First War-Time SRSG
Conclusion: The UN Served Magnificently in Practising the Art of the Possible
Bibliography; Index.
