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The United Nations Transition Administration in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES)was created to oversee the peaceful reintegration of Croatian Serbs into Croatia. The significance of UNTAES lies in the fact that it administered one of the most fiercely contested battlegrounds of the Yugoslav Wars. Ironically UN transitional adminstrations were revised out of necessity in the Balkans just at the time when the UN¿s involvement in state building activities had earned it a bad name in the wake of its failures;including in Somalia, where it withdrew because the parties could not implement any agreements; in Rwanda, where a genocide had taken place despite the UN Secretariat being warned about this possibility; and in Yugoslavia, where ethnic cleansing was taking place within intermingled civil and international violence. However, UNTAES can be considered as one of the most successful Transitional Administrations ever administered by the UN.UNTAES will be remembered for facilitating the normalization of relations between Croatia and Yugoslavia and for its contribution to broader regional stability and successfully carrying out all its tasks.
About the Author: Ugandan born Albert Gomes Mugumya has a BA(Hons)in Politics and History from Makerere University Uganda, and a Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution from Lancaster University UK. He has previously worked in Britain and South Africa and is currently a Program Advisor on Peace Building and Human Security in Kampala, Uganda.
Title: United Nations (Un) Transitional ...
Publisher: Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New