The Un Military Staff Committee: Recreating a Missing Capacity by Alexandra Novosseloff

Author:Alexandra Novosseloff [Novosseloff, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: International Relations, Political Science, General
ISBN: 9781351702096
Google: GyJWDwAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 39950458
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-04-17T00:00:00+00:00

Conclusion

In such a context, the MSC is almost forgotten, even if it is increasingly but discreetly working with OMA following the reactivation initiatives undertaken since 2009 (see Chapter 3). As its Handbook acknowledged in 2012, “the UN Secretariat, rather than the MSC, has become the center for the United Nations’ military management activities.” And the ad hoc way these structures were developed maintain this expertise to a low level, and made DPKO far from being a strategic headquarters for peacekeeping operations, which has lead to numerous issues of command and control.90

Over the years, there is little evidence of the specific military advice provided in New York, whether from the Secretariat or via the permanent representatives to the Security Council. It is almost invisible in the reports submitted by the Secretary-General and in resolutions passed by the Security Council. The impact of OMA depends on its leadership and that within DPKO, an organization that remains dominated by civilian political appointees, and where military officers often feel treated as second-class citizens. The Security Council has adapted to the lack of a functioning MSC, and remained uncommitted to reforming and empowering this subordinate body.

The question, then, is whether the United Nations, which is the second largest deployer of uniformed personnel in the world, can persevere given such amateurism, and be deprived of such a military function without causing further damage to the way its operations are run. Can the Security Council continue to rely solely on the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for military expertise on situation analysis, response options, and the means of achieving them?

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