Summary
The Viability and Effectiveness of the United Nations and Regional Security Alliances in an Era of Rising Nationalism
The Crisis of Peacekeeping: Why the UN Can’t End Wars.
While the United Nation was in Haiti there was still huger, starvation, economic crisis, insecurity, instability, kidnapping, the rise of crime (gangs), and a corrupt government the United Nations did not provide stability, security, and protections. Instead, they were admitting a role in the cholera epidemic and constant sexual abuse against boys, girls, and women that increase the poverty rate.
The complexity of the problem leads to a complex process when trying to hold UN personnel to be accountable for wrongdoing when they are sent to countries with a conflict zone or a disaster. The UN peacekeepers operate with legal immunity to international diplomats, to protect them from pressure or threat of prosecution by local actors. The structural issue is the UN peacekeepers have the convention on privileges or immunities for when personnel is accused of sexual abuse, they are protected before any trials can occur and must give permission to that country to proceed with normal legal processes.
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Makerlie,
I have read your blog post on the UN and Haiti. Because I am reading class research papers, I am unable to leave an extensive comment. But it appears that a new Haitian peacekeeping mission will be coming soon, as it has just been organized by the United Nations Security Council.
–Professor Wallerstein