The Work of the UN in Cyprus: Promoting Peace and Development

by O. Richmond (Editor), J. Ker-Lindsay (Editor)

Overview

The United Nations has rarely been given a fair hearing with regard to its work in Cyprus. Despite competing demands for its limited resources being challenged by the local parties and at the mercy of contradictory political directions at the international level, the UN has actually achieved more than is generally realized. This is the first volume to critically appraise all the major areas of the UN's peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace building activities in Cyprus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349422661
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/19/2001
Edition description:	1st ed. 2001
Pages:	253
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

MADELEINE DEMETRIOU Graduate School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent HUBERT FAUSTMANN Researcher, Department of History, University of Mannheim PETER HOCKNELL Department of Geography, University of Durham DAN LINDLEY Assistant Professor, International Relations, Notre Dame University, United States EDWARD NEWMAN Peace and Governance Programme, United Nations University, Tokyo PAUL SANT CASSIA Reader in Anthropology, University of Durham

Table of Contents

List of Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Testing the UN System in Cyprus; J.Ker-Lindsay & O.Richmond PART ONE: THE HISTORIAL BACKGROUND TO THE UN's INVOLVEMENT WITH CYPRUS The United Nations and the Internationalization of the Cyprus Conflict 1949-1958; H.Faustmann The Origins of the United Nations Presence in Cyprus; J.Ker-Lindsay PART TWO: THE UNITED NATIONS, PEACE ANDF SECURITY IN CYPRUS Assessing the Role of the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP); D.Lindley UN Mediation in Cyprus 1964-65: Setting a Precedent for Peacemaking?; O.Richmond The Most Impossible Job in the World: the Secretary-General and Cyprus; E.Newman PART THREE: THE UN, DEVELOPMENT, AND HUMANITARIAN ISSUES Contested 'Development': A Retrospective of the United Nations Development Programme in Cyprus; P.Hocknell 'Waiting for Ulysses': The Committee on Missing Persons; P.S.Cassia Going Political: The Work of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Cyprus; M.Demetriou Index

Editorial Reviews

Mostly British scholars in international relations and related disciplines apply the United Nations' own objectives, machinery, and resources in order to appreciate the depth of its role in Cyprus, the depth of the internal and external obstacles it faces, and where the failures of the organization and the country lie. While acknowledging mistakes the UN has made, they point out that reunification is not the only standard by which to measure progress. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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