Open AccessA ONU e as intervenções armadas intra-estatais: o caso do Haiti
Author(s) -
Alisson Reis do Nascimento
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
universitas. relações internacionais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1982-0720
pISSN - 1807-2135
DOI - 10.5102/uri.v7i2.972
Subject(s) - consolidation (business) , political science , legitimacy , sovereignty , intervention (counseling) , humanitarian intervention , cold war , politics , political economy , law , sociology , business , psychology , accounting , psychiatry
Peace-keeping operations have largely increased in the 90 decade. The UN activities based on international peace and security consolidation were intensified and gained importance when the Cold War finished and a new world order began, in the same time that political-social intra-states instabilities increased in many regions in the world. The extreme complexity of the internal conflicts demanded that the classical peace-keeping operations were broadened, with new activities not only with a military focus but humanitarian and politic. However, the UN is not a supranational institution with clear legitimacy to act in its States member’s internal issues. It is limited by the States sovereign, and which not even have common interests in a joint intervention