SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES IN UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES IN UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Author(s): Octavian Dacin
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: peacekeeping operations; United Nations Organization; Armed Forces; special operation forces; area of operation; SOF operators;
Summary/Abstract: Special Operation Forces had started to participate in the United Nations peacekeeping operations not long ago, but the consensus on acceptability of their use in peacekeeping operations has already been reached. Present article analyzes views on SOF use in peacekeeping, as expressed by the specialist and enshrined in guidance documents of different countries, explores normative regulation formalized in mandates of respective peacekeeping operations and contemplates typical SOF tasks in peacekeeping operations as defined by the UN in “United Nations Peacekeeping Missions Military Special Forces Manual”.

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