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UN Reform Topics
UN Trusteeship Council Could Finally Find a Role in Postwar Iraq (May 11, 2003)
Professor Paul Kennedy at Yale University suggests that the UN Trusteeship Council could play an important role in rebuilding post-war Iraq. The Council was created to supervise colonial territories under foreign administration, previously a mandate of the League of Nations. Ironically, one of the first mandates of the League was the British-administered Iraq. (Daily Yomiuri)
From Keeping Peace to Building Peace (April, 2005)
Increasingly, the Security Council has changed the nature and purpose of its peacekeeping from deployment of forces and monitoring of ceasefires towards post-conflict peacebuilding, involving "comprehensive governance of territories." This Columbia Law Review article questions the legitimacy of Security Council involvement in peacebuilding, and suggests that it is more appropriate for a revived UN Trusteeship Council to administer post-conflict territories.
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