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Book Synopsis A Strategic Buffet: What The Brahimi Report Says About UN Peace Operations And The Opportunities It Offers To The Regional U.S. Unified Commanders by :
Download or read book A Strategic Buffet: What The Brahimi Report Says About UN Peace Operations And The Opportunities It Offers To The Regional U.S. Unified Commanders written by . This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brahimi Report is an effort by the Secretary-General of the UN to improve the operational capabilities of the UN to conduct peace operations. During the Cold War the UN enjoyed decades of success by conducting small peacekeeping operations that depended on the consent of the belligerents. In the 1990's the UN dramatically expanded its peace operations. These expanded operations occurred without the consent of the belligerents and posed a greater military challenge than the UN could meet. The release of the UN reports on the massacres in Rwanda and the fall of Srebrenica in 1999, as well as the operational difficulties encountered by the four new missions started that year prompted a complete assessment of UN peacekeeping capabilities. The results of that assessment, known as the Brahimi Report, proposed fundamental changes in the practices and the culture of the United Nations. These included better mission planning for peace operations, increasing the size of UN units in the field from battalions to brigades, and developing higher standards for training and equipping of forces before permitting them to deploy to UN missions. Whether the UN adopts it recommendations the Brahimi Report is important to U.S. regional Commanders-in-Chief (CINCs) for two reasons. The success or failure of UN missions is a matter of U.S. significant military interest. The changes recommended by the Brahimi Report provide a strategic buffet of peacetime engagement opportunities with foreign countries. By supporting the recommendations of the Brahimi Report the U.S. CINCs can shape the international community to prepare for an uncertain future and advance U.S. objectives of security, human rights, and democracy.
