The Impact of Regional and International Peace-Keeping Operations on Intra-State Conflict: a Comparative Analysis of Liberia and Sierra-Leone

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2010-05
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Dogo, I.B
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This research studied the impact of regional and international peacekeeping operations on intra-state conflict. It especially studied the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations in the resolution of the Liberian conflict of 1989-2003, and the Sierra Leonean conflict of 1991-1999. The research is carried out using the Case Study Design which involves the detailed examination of a single phenomenon at a time. Case studies thus enable a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon under study. In this case, Liberia and Sierra Leone are used as the case studies. The UN has generally found it convenient to avoid getting involved in African conflicts. Most times, the world body has hidden under the pretext that African conflicts are within and not between states, to stay out. This could be seen in the case of Liberia where although war broke out in 1989, it was only in 1992 that the Security Council became involved by imposing an embargo on all deliveries of weapons and equipment to the parties in the Liberian conflict except ECOMOG. Even then, it was in 1993 that UN formally established an Observer Mission. In the case of Sierra Leone, it was only in 1997 that the UN got involved by placing an embargo on the sale or supply of petroleum products and arms and military equipment to the country, even though war broke out in 1991. ECOMOG, a brainchild of ECOWAS has become a model in peace enforcement, peacekeeping, peace building, conflict resolution and conflict management as demonstrated in Liberia and Sierra Leone. ECOWAS in its efforts to achieve its objectives of political, economic, and social integration in the sub-region has continued to promote democratic principles and respect for human rights as enshrined in the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights.
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A Thesis Submitted to the School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Lagos
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Peace Keeping , Liberia , Sierra Leone , ECOWAS , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Political science::Peace and conflict research
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Dogo, I.B (2010). The Impact of Regional and International Peace-Keeping Operations on Intra-State Conflict: a Comparative Analysis of Liberia and Sierra-Leone.