United Nations Security Council’s Conflicts Interventions in Africa: Lessons from Rwanda Crisis, 1994
Submitted to:
The 9th ACADEMOS Conference, Bucharest, 28th June - July 1st, 2023.
Abstract
Currently, the UN undergoes persistent pressure emanating from various humanitarian crisis that bedeviled the world. The Turkiye and Syria earthquake of February 2023, coinciding with one-year anniversary of the Russo-Ukrainian war that shatters the world’s trade and economic system. Protracted conflicts across the world, such as the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine; the Middle East; East/Central African countries, alongside other volatile regions, emphasize the imperativeness of a proactive and effective United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Since the establishment of this institution in 1946, several attempts have been made to promote peace and stability, based on the concept of Collective Security, and multilateral maintenance of international security, as opposed to sectional, individual states or competing military alliances. Therefore, the focus of this study is to access and enquire into the role of the UNSC as an institution that regulates international conflicts. This study will incorporate the neo-functionalism and critical theories due to their relevance, aptness and applicability. More so, the study will employ a qualitative approach, which will facilitate and avail (the researcher) the ability to incorporate rich and in-depth historical narrative and case study approaches that relate with the context of the study. Due to the vastness of this theme, the work will focus on the UNSC intervention on the major conflicts in Africa within a 20-year (1994-2014) timeframe, drawing from UNSC lessons from the Rwandese genocide, which took place in 1994. Upon completion of this study, it is envisaged that realistic and forward-looking interventions would be proposed as an approach to curbing some of the on-going conflicts on the African continent through the UNSC.
Keywords: Africa, United Nations, Security, Conflict, Genocide, Peace.
Short Bio
David Abraham is a PhD candidate at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest. He was born in Onicha, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. He is a diplomat that has officially toured several countries, and currently serves at the Nigerian Embassy, Bucharest, Romania. He is also a co-author of “Echoes of Color Discrimination in Refugee Protection Regime: The Experience of Africans Fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian War”. The article featured in the Vol. 19, No.5 of Migration Letters. Prior to diplomatic service, David was a syndicated newspaper columnist, and also a TV talk show host for many years.
Author: David Okechukwu ABRAHAM
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Affiliation: PhD candidate at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania.