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A case study for an on-going operation is difficult to write, and to some extent, it is unfair to draw conclusions before it has played itself out. However, it would be impossible to have an anthology of peace-enforcement studies without considering Somalia, which will undoubtedly influence UN thinking on all similar situations in the future. This chapter focuses on UNOSOM II, which began in May 1993 and, as the name implies, was the second of two UN-controlled operations in Somalia. The first, United Nations Operations in Somalia (UNOSOM I), was a small 500-man effort which began in August 1992 and which encountered such serious difficulties as to necessitate a Unified Task Force (UNITAF) intervention under US leadership and termed Operation Restore Hope. Granted Chapter VII enforcement powers by the Security Council, UNITAF operated from December 1992 to May 1993 when the UN again took direct control with UNOSOM II. The latter mission was also granted enforcement powers, making it the first UN-controlled peacekeeping operation formally so designated.
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Barton Gellman and Thomas W. Lippman, ‘A Humanitarian Gesture Turns Ugly,’ The Washington Post, 10 October 1993, p. Al.
Walter S. Clarke, ‘Testing the World’s Resolve in Somalia’,Parameters, Winter 1993–94, p. 43.
Keith Richburg, ‘Aid Workers Under Fire in Somalia’, The Washington Post, 13 February 1994, p. A27.
Steven Metz, The Future of the United Nations: Implications for Peace Operations, Strategic Studies Special Report (5 October 1993: Carlisle, PA), pp. 20–1.
Alex De Waal and Rakiya Ommar, ‘Doing Harm by Doing Good? The International Relief Operation in Somalia’,Current History, May 1992, p. 199.
Major John Anatal, USA, and Captain Robert Dunway, USA, ‘Peacemaking in Somalia: A Background Brief’, Marine Corps Gazette, February 1993, p. 40.
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Anderson, G. (1995). UNOSOM II: Not Failure, Not Success. In: Daniel, D.C.F., Hayes, B.C. (eds) Beyond Traditional Peacekeeping. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23855-2_14
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