19. The Need for Reform And the Brahimi Report

19. The Need for Reform Learning Objectives – Identify the challenges facing UN peacekeeping – Understand the politics of reform – Understand the institutional challenges of reform – Develop ability to generate reform proposals

19.1. The Challenges facing Peacekeeping Financial Pressures

19.1. The Challenges facing Peacekeeping Peacekeeping Fatigue

19.1. The Challenges facing Peacekeeping Inconsistent Commitment Across Missions

19.1. The Challenges facing Peacekeeping Slow to React

19.1. The Challenges facing Peacekeeping Headquarters Deficiencies

19.1. The Challenges facing Peacekeeping Operational Deficiencies

19.2. The Brahimi Report “…to assess the United Nations ability to conduct peace operations effectively, and to offer frank, specific and realistic recommendations for ways in which to enhance that capacity.”

Lakhdar Brahimi Degrees in Political Science, Law Representative of the Algerian National Liberation front Ambassador to Egypt, UK Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algeria ( ) SRSG for Haiti ( ) SRSG for South Africa ( ) SRSG and HOM for Afghanistan (2001–2004)

19.2. The Brahimi Report “The United Nations was founded, in the words of its Charter, in order "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war." Meeting this challenge is the most important function of the Organization, and to a very significant degree it is the yardstick with which the Organization is judged by the peoples it exists to serve. Over the last decade, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to meet the challenge, and it can do no better today. Without renewed commitment on the part of Member States, significant institutional change and increased financial support, the United Nations will not be capable of executing the critical peacekeeping and peace- building tasks that the Member States assign to it in coming months and years.”

19.2. The Brahimi Report Reaction to the Brahimi Report