The UN Security Council part 2

Since 1948. The Security Council began to resort to such methods as sending teams of military observers and mission monitoring compliance with the requirements of the cease-fire agreement, the terms of agreements Io truce, a political settlement, etc. Until 1973, the military observers manned almost exclusively from among the citizens of Western countries. For the first time in 1973. Soviet officers - the observers were included in the Authority to monitor the truce in Palestine (UNTSO), which still performs useful functions in the Middle East. Of the Observation Mission deployed in addition to Lebanon (UNOG), India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Uganda and Rwanda (UNAMIR), El Salvador (MNOOS), Tajikistan (UNMOT), etc. An important activity of the Security Council is its interaction with regional organizations. Such cooperation is carried out in various ways, including through regular consultations, provide diplomatic support, by which a regional organization can take part in UN peacekeeping activities (for example, in Albania CFE) by the parallel rapid deployment of peacekeeping missions (eg, UN Observation Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) was launched jointly with the Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Environmental Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Liberia and the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) operates in cooperation with the CIS peacekeeping force in Georgia) and by joint operations (such as the International Civilian Mission United Nations and the OAS in Haiti (MICIVIH). The Security Council plays an important role in early detection and the identification of emerging conflicts. In recent years, there was an urgent need to establish early warning systems on the emergence of hotbeds of tension, the danger of nuclear accidents, information on environmental threats, mass movements of population, natural disasters, the threat of hunger and the spread of diseases and epidemics. Such information could be used to assess whether there is a threat to peace, and analyze what actions might be taken by the United Nations for its reduction, and what preventive steps and measures can be taken by the Security Council and other UN bodies. One of the most frequently used tools of the Security Council is preventive diplomacy. Preventive diplomacy - the act of political, diplomatic, international, legal and other measures designed to prevent the occurrence of disputes and disagreements between the parties, to prevent them developing into conflicts and curbing conflicts after they occur. Cooperating with the Secretary-General, the Council actively used the tools of preventive diplomacy, provided the conditions for reconciliation, mediation, good offices, and other preventive actions. The most frequently used tool, especially in recent times, are peacekeeping operations (PKO), which only through the UN was held in 1948. over 50. The peacekeeping operation - the totality of the conflicting parties with the consent of interrelated goals, objectives, location and time of action, with the participation of an impartial military, police and civilian personnel in support of efforts to stabilize the situation in areas of potential or actual conflict, carried out in conformity with the mandate of the Security Council or regional organizations aimed at creating an environment conducive to political settlement of the conflict and maintain or restore international peace and security. The Security Council quite often, especially in recent years, has used the instrument of sanctions - economic, political, diplomatic, financial and other measures not involving the use of armed forces, carried out by the Security Council to encourage the State to cease or refrain from action. Constitute a threat to peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression.

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