United Nations (UN) Transitional Adminstrations - An Enigma

The United Nations Transition Administration in
Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES)was created to oversee the
peaceful reintegration of Croatian Serbs into
Croatia. The significance of UNTAES lies in the fact
that it administered one of the most fiercely
contested battlegrounds of the Yugoslav Wars.
Ironically UN transitional adminstrations were
revised out of necessity in the Balkans just at the
time when the UN s involvement in state building
activities had earned it a bad name in the wake of
its failures;including in Somalia, where it withdrew
because the parties could not implement any
agreements; in Rwanda, where a genocide had taken
place despite the UN Secretariat being warned about
this possibility; and in Yugoslavia, where ethnic
cleansing was taking place within intermingled civil
and international violence.
However, UNTAES can be considered as one of the most
successful Transitional Administrations ever
administered by the UN.UNTAES will be remembered for
facilitating the normalization of relations between
Croatia and
Yugoslavia and for its contribution to broader
regional stability and successfully carrying out all
its tasks.

Autorentext

Ugandan born Albert Gomes Mugumya has a BA(Hons)in Politics and History from Makerere University Uganda, and a Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution from Lancaster University UK. He has previously worked in Britain and South Africa and is currently a Program Advisor on Peace Building and Human Security in Kampala, Uganda.

Klappentext

The United Nations Transition Administration in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES)was created to oversee the peaceful reintegration of Croatian Serbs into Croatia. The significance of UNTAES lies in the fact that it administered one of the most fiercely contested battlegrounds of the Yugoslav Wars. Ironically UN transitional adminstrations were revised out of necessity in the Balkans just at the time when the UN's involvement in state building activities had earned it a bad name in the wake of its failures;including in Somalia, where it withdrew because the parties could not implement any agreements; in Rwanda, where a genocide had taken place despite the UN Secretariat being warned about this possibility; and in Yugoslavia, where ethnic cleansing was taking place within intermingled civil and international violence.However, UNTAES can be considered as one of the most successful Transitional Administrations ever administered by the UN.UNTAES will be remembered for facilitating the normalization of relations between Croatia and Yugoslavia and for its contribution to broader regional stability and successfully carrying out all its tasks.