Abstract
Adequate financing is fundamental to the success of any peace operation. In June 2015, the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations advanced three proposals that would extend UN peacekeeping financing beyond its current boundaries to produce a more comprehensive system of funding peace operations. It advocated giving UN special political missions access to backstopping and transitional funding mechanisms created for peacekeeping operations; providing more predictable financing for UN-mandated African Union–led peace operations; and establishing a single peace operations account to finance all UN peace operations. Yet reforming UN peacekeeping financing is notoriously difficult, not least because of deeply politicized cleavages among member states. This article explores the ongoing debates that the panel's proposals— and the subsequent UN Secretariat implementation report—intersected with and contributed to. It also highlights the complex interplay between panel members, Secretariat officials, and ...
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