FAILED STATE AND THE MANDATE OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
Abstract: By 1990, Somalia had become a good example of what was becoming known as a “failed state”‐ a people without a government strong enough to govern the country or represent it in international organizations; a country whose poverty, disorganization, refugee flows,
political instability, and random warfare had the potential to spread across borders and
threaten the stability of other states and the peace of the region.
At the end of the cold war there were several such failed states in Africa, any one of which could theoritically have been considered “ a threat to international peace and security”3
and thus an appropriate object of concern of the UN Security Council and a potential candidate for international peacemaking or peacekeeping.
Author:
Yusnarida Eka Nizmi
Journal Code: jphubintgg110002
