MILITARY HUMANITARIANISM AND THE NEW PEACEKEEPING - AN AGENDA FOR PEACE

This article examines the rise of the military humanitarian policy of the United Nations since 1992 and outlines the new military doctrine o n peacekeeping, First it explores how a military based approach to the increasing number of complex political emergencies emerged as a delib erate policy within the United Nations in the new humanitarian era aft er the Cold War. Second, it looks at various NGC reactions to this new era. Third, ii compares the very different nature of today's UN peace keeping operations with its Cold War predecessors. Fourth, it examines current British Army doctrine of 'wider peacekeeping' and its emphasi s on the principle of consent. Finally, it takes the view that the new peacekeeping is here to slay and that the main challenge facing all t hose involved in humanitarian assistance is to further refine its basi c principles and techniques.