TY - BOOK ID - 7075159 TI - International law on peacekeeping : a study of Article 40 of the UN charter PY - 2009 SN - 9789004172265 9004172262 9786612400674 1282400673 9047425731 9789047425731 9781282400672 6612400676 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Peacekeeping forces KW - United Nations KW - Peacekeeping forces. KW - United Nations --Peacekeeping forces. KW - Treaties, International KW - International Law KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Peacekeeping (Military science) KW - Peacekeeping operations KW - Armed Forces KW - International police KW - Peace-building KW - UNO KW - Naciones Unidas KW - Nations Unies KW - ONU KW - Organisation des Nations Unies KW - Organizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ Obʺedinennykh Nat︠s︡iĭ KW - OON KW - Vereinigte Nationen KW - Umot ha-meʼuḥadot KW - Organizacja Narodów Zjednoczonych KW - ONZ KW - Forente nasjoner KW - Forenede nationer KW - FN KW - Förenta nationerna KW - Gaertʻianebuli erebi KW - Organização das Nações Unidas KW - PBB KW - Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa KW - Kokusai Rengō KW - Kokuren KW - ENSZ KW - Egyesült Nemzetek Szövetsége KW - Birleșmiș Milletler Teșkilâtı KW - Birlăşmiş Millătăr Tăşkilatı KW - Birlashgan Millatlar Tashkiloti KW - BMT KW - YK KW - Yhdistyneet kansakunnat KW - OUN KW - Organizacija Ujedinjenih Nacija KW - UN KW - NU KW - Nazioni Unite KW - OSN KW - Organizace spojených národů KW - Sāzmān-i Milal-i Muttafiq KW - Bangsa² Bersatu KW - Organización de las Naciones Unidas KW - Ühinenud Rahvaste Organisatsioon KW - ÜRO KW - Organismos tōn Hēnōmenōn Ethnōn KW - Umoja wa Mataifa KW - Vereinten Nationen KW - Vereinte Nationen KW - Hayʼat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah KW - Verenigde Naties KW - VN KW - Organizația Națiunilor Unite KW - Um KW - Lien ho kuo KW - OKB KW - Organizata e Kombeve të Bashkuara KW - Lian he guo KW - U.N. KW - Umam al-Muttaḥidah KW - OĒE KW - Hēnōmena Ethnē KW - Organizácia Spojených Národov KW - Sahaprachāchāt KW - Națiunile Unite KW - Organizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ na obedinenite nat︠s︡ii KW - Organismos Hēnōmenōn Ethnōn KW - Manẓūmat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah KW - AAN KW - Arhanizatsyi︠a︡ Ab'i︠a︡dnanykh Natsyĭ KW - Nações Unidas KW - Orhanizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ Ob'i︠e︡dnanykh Nat︠s︡iĭ KW - O.Ē.E. KW - ʻOngkān Sahaprachāchāt KW - Sjuninejal Konob'laq KW - Sāzmān-i Milal-i Muttaḥid KW - Milal-i Muttaḥid KW - Nėgdsėn U̇ndėstniĭ Baĭguullaga KW - NUB KW - Rāshṭrasaṃgha KW - או״מ KW - أمم المتحدة KW - الأمم المتحدة KW - سازمان ملل متحد KW - 国際連合 KW - 联合囯 KW - 聯合國 KW - United Nations Organization KW - Liên Hiệp Quó̂c KW - Liên Hợp Quó̂c KW - LHQ KW - Kula Samagga KW - YūʼAṅʻnʻ KW - 联合国 KW - Организация на обединените нации KW - Организация Объединённых Наций UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7075159 AB - It is generally considered that the UN Security Council has been galvanised since the end of the Cold War. However, the existence and development of armed conflicts remain the reality in the international scene. Is the upsurge in instances of invoking Chapter VII of the UN Charter truly a sign of the invigoration of the Security Council’s authority or mere evidence of its failure to prevent the aggravation of armed conflicts? To what extent is the Security Council authorised to exercise the peacekeeping power in order to take a more flexible approach to conflict management from an earlier stage of conflict? This book explores the potential of the UN peacekeeping power, placing Article 40 of the UN Charter at the centre of the legal regime governing peacekeeping measures. It traces the origins of peacekeeping measures primarily in the experience of the League of Nations and identifies Article 40 of the Charter as the primary legal basis for, and the legal restraints upon, the exercise of the peacekeeping power. It examines the regulatory framework within which the United Nations, particularly the Security Council, is authorised and may even be required to direct peacekeeping measures to prevent the aggravation of armed conflicts. It suggests that the legal accountability of the Security Council in directing peacekeeping measures will be enhanced by utilising procedural mechanisms for self-regulation ER -