Peace enforcement

Peace enforcement ( English peace enforcement ) or a peace-enforcement measure is to authorize UN led mission using weapons of war , which under Chapter VII of the UN Charter the maintenance of world peace is to serve.

According to Article 42 of the Charter of the United Nations , the United Nations' own armed forces were planned for this purpose. However, the special agreements provided for in Article 43 of the Charter have never been concluded. The United Nations has always entrusted member states with peace enforcement missions under Chapter VII.

The enforcement of peace according to Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations differs from the other military operations of the world organization, the peace mission and the observer mission , in that a mission according to Chapter VII of the UN Charter also goes against the will of the country concerned and the conflicting parties operating there can be carried out. Furthermore, the mission is the responsibility of the participating states, who use their own soldiers - the UN does not provide blue helmets for these missions .

Like all armed operations of the United Nations, it requires a corresponding resolution by the UN Security Council that defines the type, scope and duration of the operation.

The following peace enforcement missions have existed so far:

• Korean War from 1950 to 1953
• Second Gulf War around Kuwait 1990
• During the Kosovo war of 1999, the UN Security Council authorized individual military actions by NATO countries
• During the war in Afghanistan since 2001 , the Security Council authorized the establishment of the ISAF protection force

Web links

• un.org: Position paper of the UN Secretary General, Section F. Enforcement action , 1995 on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the UN
• un.org: Chapter 7 of the Charter of the United Nations (English)
• unric.org : Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter (German)