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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Command and control has always been a weak point in UN peace operations. Its inefficiency was clearly demonstrated during the 1990s in both Somalia and the former Yugoslavia. This inefficiency had the effect of pushing traditional Western contributors away from UN peacekeeping. This article examines the impact of the Strategic Military Cell (SMC) established in August 2006 to supervise the UNIFIL II mission in Lebanon on its operational effectiveness, political impacts and influence on traditional contributors. The article argues that the SMC's impacts are rather minimal and that only few of its attributes will be adopted by the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations for other missions.
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