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FROM PEACEKEEPING TO NATION
BUILDING

FROM PEACEKEEPING TO

NATION-BUILDING THROUGH

INSTITUTION-BUILDING

From peacekeeping to na- vision that one can have and that view. In practice, the internatio-
tion-building passing through every peacekeeper must have when nal mission deployed in an HN,
institution-building. A possible he fi ts into a new context (Host Na- through its personnel, has to gua-
analysis tion) with a very precise task and a rantee Peace & Security in order
broad and inclusive mandate. For to allow the social fabric to resu-
By Nicola Carrera this reason, I consider the subject of me the reconstruction of the state
this article strong and stimulating. and regain its ownership. This is
In the meantime let’s start by de- the fundamental step from pea-
The theme we are dealing with fi ning peacekeeping and let’s cekeeping to the Nation Building,
in this analysis is absolutely ambi- frame it also graphically to pla- a “work of art”, carried out from
tious and at the same time very in- ce it in the right context conside- peacekeepers in their multidimen-
teresting especially for those who, ring the two universally known sional body mission, starting from
like me, have had the privilege of patterns: time and situation. the strategic level through the ope-
taking part in international mis- It is immediate to see with a quick rational level to the tactical level.
sions since a decade ago, starting look in the graph, the life cycle of The concept of peacekeeping was
from a single operation and then a confl ict. Peacekeeping is in the born in the universe of the Uni-
expanding their experience to what post-confl ict phase where the si- ted Nations. In its original mea-
I would like to consider more than tuation on the ground, in the State ning it indicates “military actions
an international mission as an in- in crisis, has deteriorated because in support of populations affected
ternational cooperation activity in of the confl ict, violence and citi- by armed confl ict, conducted with
the broadest imaginable sense. zens’ rights are precarious and the objective of maintaining a su-
The fi rst consideration, therefore, vulnerabilities are numerous both stainable peace”. Peacekeeping
matures precisely as a result of the from a human and legal point of activities are not expressly men-

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