UN Peacekeeping: Lessons Learned?(United Nations) From: Global Governance | Date: January 1, 2001| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2001 Lynne Rienner Publishers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The crisis that confronted the UN's peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone in 2000 was a sad commentary on lessons learned, those not learned, and those forgotten over five decades of peacekeeping. The UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) nearly imploded under fire as a result of poor planning, underequipped and illtrained military personnel, inadequate communication, weak command and control (the deputy force commander reportedly refused to obey direct orders from the force commander), and determined local "spoilers" (led by the notorious Foday Sankoh). In the wake of the events ...

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