Mozambique: UN Peacekeeping in Action 1992-94 - Softcover

Synge, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878379690 ISBN 13: 9781878379696

Publisher: United States Inst of Peace Pr, 1997

Synopsis

By the time it ended in 1992, Mozambique's 15-year civil war had exacted a terrible price. Economically paralyzed, the vast, drought-stricken country was rich only in enmity, landmines, and AK-47s. Into this misery was thrust a multifaceted UN mission, ONUMOZ, to manage the transition from military combat to electoral contest. Remarkably, when ONUMOZ departed two years later, that job was largely done.

This comprehensive account describes how ONUMOZ went about its tasks--assembling and demobilizing troops, providing humanitarian aid, demining, preparing for elections--and assesses how well each was accomplished and why. Richard Synge takes us behind the scenes of the operation, unearthing new information from confidential UN files and from face-to-face interviews with leading players. Even-handed and rigorous, Synge highlights not only the strengths but also the weaknesses of ONUMOZ, and he puts ONUMOZ firmly in its international and regional context.

Among the many lessons ONUMOZ offers future peacekeeping efforts is that success demands the support of an engaged international community and a people eager to make peace work.

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About the Author

Richard Synge is an associate of the African Studies Centre at the University of Cambridge, a consultant to the United Nations, and a regular contributor to the International Herald Tribune. He was a grantee of the United States Institute of Peace in 1995-96.

About this edition

• Publisher: United States Inst of Peace Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1878379690
• ISBN 13: 9781878379696
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 221