Local Politics and International Partnerships: The UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI)
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This article examines the UN mission in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) by applying the framework set out by Paul Diehl and Dan Druckman. It does so in two main parts. The first describes the course and direction of UNOCI until the end of 2011. The second applies elements of the Diehl-Druckman framework to evaluate UNOCI. It argues that two particular issues stand out from the UNOCI case, and are reflected in the title of this essay. First, that in considering the evaluation of peacekeeping missions, the mandate itself needs to be front and centre and more thought needs to be given to the attribution of responsibility when the mandate calls for peacekeepers to ‘assist’ others. Second, peace processes involve multiple foreign actors and UN peace operations are only one part of the puzzle. Overlapping mandates and complex partnerships are becoming a more common feature of UN peace operations. Accounting for these in the evaluation of missions is one of the key challenges for the future.
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On which, see Thierry Tardy, ‘A Critique of Robust Peacekeeping in Contemporary Peace Operations’, International Peacekeeping, vol. 18, no. 2, 2011, pp. 152-167.
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Abu Bakarr Bah, ‘Democracy and Civil War: Citizenship and Peacemaking in Côte d’Ivoire’, African Affairs, vol. 109, no. 437, 2010, p. 601.
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Ruth Marshall-Fratani, ‘The War of “Who is Who”: Autochthony, Nationalism and Citizenship in the Ivoirian Crisis’, African Studies Review, vol. 49, no. 2, 2006, pp. 9-43; Daniel Chirot, ‘The Debacle in Côte d’Ivoire’, Journal of Democracy, vol. 17, no. 2, 2006, pp. 63-77.
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For a summary, see Paul Collier, War, Guns and Votes (London: Bodley Head, 2009), pp. 158-163.
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See Maja Bovcon, ‘France’s Conflict Resolution Strategy in Cote d’Ivoire and its Ethical Implications’, African Studies Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, 2009, p. 7; Moya Collett, ‘Foreign Intervention in Cote d’Ivoire: The Question of Legitimacy’ in Tony Coady and Michael O’Keefe (eds.), Righteous Violence (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2005), pp. 160-182.
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Bah, ‘Democracy and Civil War’, p. 613; and Bovcon, ‘France’s Conflict Resolution’, p. 13.
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Alexander Ramsbotham, ‘Digest: United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI)’, International Peacekeeping, vol.18, no.4, 2011, p. 498.
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International Crisis Group, Côte d’Ivoire: Is War the Only Option?, p. 8.
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Mike McGovern, ‘The Ivoirian Endgame’, Foreign Affairs, vol. 90, no. 2, 2011.
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Thabo Mbeki, ‘What the World Got Wrong in Cote d’Ivoire’, Foreign Policy, 29 April 2011, at http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/29/what_the_world_got_wrong_in_cote_d_ivoire
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Diehl and Druckman, Evaluating Peace Operations, pp. 42, 47.
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Matthew Kirwin, ‘The Security Dilemma and Conflict in Cote d’Ivoire’, Nordic Journal of African Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 2006, pp. 49-50.
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George Fominyen, ‘Q + A: Is Ivory Coast’s Humanitarian Crisis Over?’, Reliefweb, 2 December 2011, at http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/qa-is-ivory-coasts-humanitarian-crisis-over
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On this see Siobhan Wills, Protecting Civilians: The Obligations of Peacekeepers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).
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See Alexandru Balas, ‘It Takes Two (or More) to Keep the Peace: Multiple Simultaneous Peace Operations’, Journal of International Peacekeeping, vol.15, no. 3-4, 2011, pp. 384-421.
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Local Politics and International Partnerships: The UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI)
In: Journal of International PeacekeepingSearch for other papers by Alex J. Bellamy in
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Search for other papers by Paul D. Williams in
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This article examines the UN mission in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) by applying the framework set out by Paul Diehl and Dan Druckman. It does so in two main parts. The first describes the course and direction of UNOCI until the end of 2011. The second applies elements of the Diehl-Druckman framework to evaluate UNOCI. It argues that two particular issues stand out from the UNOCI case, and are reflected in the title of this essay. First, that in considering the evaluation of peacekeeping missions, the mandate itself needs to be front and centre and more thought needs to be given to the attribution of responsibility when the mandate calls for peacekeepers to ‘assist’ others. Second, peace processes involve multiple foreign actors and UN peace operations are only one part of the puzzle. Overlapping mandates and complex partnerships are becoming a more common feature of UN peace operations. Accounting for these in the evaluation of missions is one of the key challenges for the future.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 1141 | 127 | 11 |
| Full Text Views | 304 | 14 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 303 | 46 | 1 |