POL_S 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Member States Of The United Nations, Peacebuilding
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The legal notion that states are the ultimate authority over their territory and no other actor in the international system has the right to interfere in another state"s internal affairs. Notion that sovereignty doesn"t merely create rights for states, it also creates obligations. Specifically, states have a responsibility to provide certain basic protections to their citizens. Possible extension: if states fail to meet these responsibilities they fall to the international community and create a right of intervention. Peacekeeping authorized by chapter six-and-a-half of the un. Vi calls on sc to negotiate dispute settlements, ch. Sc authorizes missions, determines mandate/rules of engagement. Un members donate to general peacekeeping fund. Government(s) where deployment goes usually must consent. Originally peacekeeping was intended to monitor ceasefires primarily in international conflicts. Began monitoring civil war ceasefires in 1960s. Shift toward peacemaking and peacebuilding, which don"t necessarily require consent.
