The politics of financing peacekeeping operations
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The article discusses the United Nations peacekeeping operations from the standpoint of negotiations on their funding. After analyzing how the Organization’s policies evolved to provide resources for its peace missions, it reviews the activities of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly that deals with administrative and budgetary matters. It then discusses the manner in which the distribution of the costs of peace missions, as embodied in the scale of contributions, is negotiated. There is debate about how the budget process develops, with emphasis on negotiating groups and how budget preferences affect operations. Other aspects of the work of the Fifth Committee affecting peacekeeping operations are mentioned, and the Fifth Committee’s relationship with other bodies deciding on peace missions is discussed, with examples of issues disputed by the various decision-making fora of the United Nations.
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