THE PROBLEM OF THE POLITICIZATION OF PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL, ORIGIN AND PROSPECTS FOR SOLUTIONS.
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In this article, the author starts from the criticism of what he called the politicization of peacekeeping operations by the Security Council, namely, an orientation of missions no longer according to the needs on the ground but rather according to the interest of the great powers of the council which leads to consequences including blockages. The author believes that such a state of affairs has its origins in the errors committed in the first years of the creation of peace missions, in particular the paradoxical practice which consisted, from 1962, of attributing exclusive competence for the launching of peace missions. peacekeeping at the Security Council while the work of creating these missions was that of the General Assembly and the United Nations Secretariat at the time as a means of circumventing the paralysis of the Security Council following the Cold War, hence the principles of impartiality, non-use of force and consent which govern these missions. By relying therefore on the historical circumstances of the creation of these missions, certain legal bases, the principles and the criteria for success of peace missions valid today, the author aims to demonstrate that an intervention of the general assembly in peace missions, in addition to being possible and legal, would be a prospect of a solution to this so-called problem of politicization, particularly due to the Security Council.
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