This study, commissioned by the UN Executive
Committee on Humanitarian Affairs (ECHA) in October 2004, examines the
performance of "integrated missions", an instrument with which
the UN seeks to help countries in the transition from war to lasting peace,
or to address a similarly complex situation that requires a system-wide
UN response, through subsuming actors and approaches within an overall
political-strategic crisis management framework.
Chapter 1: Defining Integrated Missions
explores the concept of integrated missions by placing it into its historical
context, presenting the reasons for which the concept is promoted as well
as the debate surrounding it, and concludes by presenting the Study Team's
working definition of an integrated mission.
Chapter 2: Integrated Missions - Theory
into Practice discusses some of the strengths and weaknesses of the ways
in which integrated missions are designed and implemented, with a particular
focus on the issues of strategic and operational planning, mission design,
leadership, and relates these structural considerations to the crucial
issues of humanitarian space, human rights and development. These perspectives
reflect the results of the Study Team's research at UN headquarters in
New York, Geneva and Rome and its visits to six field operations, namely,
Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia,
Sierra Leone, and the Sudan.
In Chapter 3: Recommendations the Study
Team presents its specific proposals, organised along the four broad issue
areas discussed in the preceding chapter. These recommendations reflect
what the Study Team feels are essential for achieving the objectives of
integrated missions in peacebuilding situations.
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