TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Abstract
Table of Contents
List of Cases
List of Statutes
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
1.2 Statement of Problem
1.3 Objectives of the Research
1.4 Scope of the Research
1.5 Research Methodology
1.6 Significance of the Research
1.7 Literature Review
1.8 Organisational Layout
CHAPTER TWO: PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and the United Nations Charter
2.2.1 Definition of Disputes
2.2.2 Disputes Settlement Mechanisms under the UN Charter
2.2.2.1 Negotiation
2.2.2.2 Inquiry
2.2.2.3 Mediation
2.2.2.4 Conciliation
2.2.2.5 Arbitration
2.2.2.6 Judicial Settlement
2.2.2.7 Resort to Regional Agencies or Arrangements
2.1.2.8 Other Peaceful Means
2.2.2.9 Peacemaking
2.2.2.10 Peace-Building
2.2.2.11 Peacekeeping
CHAPTER THREE: THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES IN CONGO
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Crises/Disputes in the Congo
3.3 The Role of the United Nations in the Settlement of the Congo Crises/Disputes
3.4 The United Nations Operations in the Congo
CHAPTER FOUR: CHALLENGES IN THE UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CONGO DISPUTES
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Legal Framework for UN Peacekeeping Operations
4.2.1 Peacekeeping: Legal Basis
4.2.2 Principles and Tenets of Peacekeeping Operation
4.3 Effectiveness of the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions in the Congo
4.4 Issues and Challenges in the UN Peacekeeping Operations in the Congo
4.4.1 Politics of the Cold War
4.4.2 Lack of Clarity of Mandate
4.4.3 Lack of Adequate Fund and Logistical Support
4.4.4 Human Rights Violations and Scandals
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Findings
5.3 Recommendations
Bibliography
ABSTRACT
The devastating consequence of the World War II led to the establishment of the United Nations with main objective to maintain International Peace and Security. Under Article 24 of the UN Charter the United Nations Security Council has the responsibility for the maintenance of International Peace and Security. Similarly, the regional organizations under Article 33 of the UN Charter are also required to complement the UNSC in the maintenance of Peace and Security in their regions. In the quest to achieve this objective, the regional organization and particularly the United Nations have over the years established difference peace keeping operations to resolve the Congo conflict which appears to be intractable.This study is relevant, it provide additional information for understanding how most international disputes arose and degenerate into violent stage due to poor management. The states and the world at large also stands to benefit from this work in that regional and international peace which this work set out to achieve will no doubt guarantee sound international relations and consequently save the succeeding generations from the scourge of war which has on two separate occasions brought untold sorrow to mankind. Congo is one African state that has been engulfed in conflict since 1960s what started as a struggle for political power later degenerated into civil wars and communal violence for decades leading to near disintegration of the state and spreading to other neigbouring states. From 1960s to the year 2000, Congo has been engulfed in some forms of internal conflict, compounded by multiple external interventions and fuelled by the desire of all parties to gain control over the natural resources of the country.The Congo conflict started as a result of the vacuum created by the sudden departure of the colonial powers, Belgium, from the Congo effected apparently by the UN – inspired wave of decolonization which resulted in the political independence of many African countries. The departure of the colonial power was followed by a barracks mutiny triggered by the demand of pay rise. The Belgians sent their paratroopers to quell the mutiny and to protect their citizens in the Congo. The Congolese government asked for assistance which led to a fight between the President (Kasavubu) and the Prime Minister (Lumumba) who in a struggle for supremacy dismissed each other.It was under this chaotic situation that the UN hastily deployed its first peacekeeper in Africa in Congo under the name of United Nations operation in the Congo (ONUC). The Secretary-General in his proposal to the UNSC in setting up an operation group recommended steps for maintenance of order in the country and the protection of life. He further states that it would be understood that were the UN to act as proposed, the Belgian government would see its way to a withdrawal.”The objective of this study is to explore the role of the UN and regional organizations in resolving the Congo conflict. Using doctrinal research method mainly, the study finds that the UN peace keeping operations in Congo have not been very successful for many reasons chief among which were the involvement of the peacekeepers in the internal politics of the Congo. In doing so, the peacekeepers collaborated with the major power to advanced their strategic objectives and lack of active involvement of the Regional organizations like the A.U. in the conflict. Consequently, the study recommended that the UN and regional organizations must be more robust and proactive to be able to discharge their responsibility of maintenance of international peace and security.
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The international political climate is currently fraught with unresolved inter-state and intra-state disputes that emanate often from mere suspicion, mistrust, political and economic rivalry as well as competition over territory. Disputes, if not carefully monitored and resolved peacefully, they may, (as they have) lead to armed conflicts –conflicts that would bring (as they have done so) devastating effects not only to the disputants but also to the international community. To this end, the desire for the maintenance of international peace and security has always been at the heart of the international community. States have concluded a number of multilateral treaties ranging from 1899 Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes which was revised by the second Hague Peace Conference in 1907 aimed at peaceful settlement of their disputes and difference1. This was also the basic objective behind the creation of the League of Nations in 1919 and the United Nations (UN) in 1945. Since its inception, the UN has taken responsibility for maintaining world peace and security. Drafters of UN Charter envisioned an organisation in the entire spectrum of conflict management and resolution, from preventive measures to ad-hoc responds to crisis, to long-time stabilisation of conflict areas with view of saving the succeeding generations from the scourge of war which has on two separate occasions brought untold sorrow to mankind2. To this end, the Charter obliges the parties to any dispute capable of endangering international peace and security to settle such dispute either through negotiations, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, good office or adjudication or any peaceful means of their choice. Or resort...================================================================
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