WPS and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict

2018 ◽  
pp. 301-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor O'Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Security Council Resolution ◽  
Meaningful Change ◽  
System P ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
Global Agenda ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Do So

This chapter explores the capacity of a dedicated office on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SVC) to facilitate meaningful change in UN operations. To do so, the chapter reviews research and policy trends on SVC as part of WPS agenda 2008–2016, as well as UN Security Council Resolution 1325.This chapter engages directly with the policy challenges and institutional developments leading up to and following the creation of the position of UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on SVC, which was proposed in UN Security Council Resolution 1889 (2009). It sets out the evolution of the role and the office in terms of leadership and competition within the UN and the global agenda on combatting sexual violence in conflict since 2010. In doing so, this chapter provides valuable insights and lessons regarding the institutionalization of WPS. Specifically, it is argued that the evolution of the office of the Secretary-General for SVC demonstrates the difficulties associated with reforming and coordinating strategies on WPS within the UN system.

Conflicting Rules of Recognition: UN Security Council Resolution 1244 or the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-733
Author(s):  
Robert Muharremi
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Security Council Resolution ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Administrative Authority ◽  
Unique Case ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
Sovereign Authority ◽  
The Republic

Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008 and the United Nation's claim that UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) (“Resolution 1244”) remains in effect have resulted in the unique case of two competing legal systems, both of which claim legitimacy and supremacy in Kosovo. While Kosovar authorities claim to exercise exclusive and sovereign authority over Kosovo based on the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, the UN, acting through the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (“UNMIK”), maintains that Resolution 1244 vests administrative authority over Kosovo in the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (“SRSG”). This conflict is best exemplified in a number of judgments rendered by the Special Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kosovo on Privatization Agency Related Matters (“Special Chamber”) and the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo. The purpose of this Article is to illustrate the problems that have emerged in the process of the creation of a new legal system in Kosovo and the emergence of a new rule of recognition which is reflected in conflicting judgments of the Special Chamber and the Constitutional Court.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992–1996

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adekeye Adebajo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Tight Control ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Un Peacekeeping ◽  
The Us ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
Peacekeeping Missions

Egyptian scholar-diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s relationship with the UN Security Council was a difficult one, resulting eventually in him earning the unenviable record of being the only Secretary-General to have been denied a second term in office. Boutros-Ghali bluntly condemned the double standards of the powerful Western members of the Council—the Permanent Three (P3) of the US, Britain, and France—in selectively authorizing UN interventions in “rich men’s wars” in Europe while ignoring Africa’s “orphan conflicts.” The Council’s powerful members ignored many of his ambitious ideas, preferring instead to retain tight control of decision-making on UN peacekeeping missions. Boutros-Ghali worked with the Security Council to establish peacekeeping missions in Bosnia, Cambodia, Haiti, Rwanda, and Somalia.

scholarly journals Frictional interactions on Women, Peace and Security in Mali

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-483
Author(s):  
Jenny Lorentzen
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
International Community ◽  
Feedback Loops ◽  
Security Council Resolution ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
The Way

AbstractMore than 20 years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, the international community is concerned with taking stock of its implementation in countries undergoing transitions from war to peace. This article contributes to a better understanding of the dynamics involved in implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda through a focus on the frictional interactions that take place between different actors promoting women's participation in the peace process in Mali. Based on extensive fieldwork in Bamako between 2017 and 2019, it analyses interactions between different international and local actors in the Malian peace process through a discussion of vertical (between international and local actors) and horizontal (between local actors) friction. It finds that the way different actors respond to friction shapes relationships and impacts norm trajectories by triggering feedback loops, which in turn trigger new responses and outcomes.

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