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This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of MINURSO (the United
Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), focused on its
activities, composition, purpose, and operational future in Western Sahara, the
world’s last colony.
The book’s focus is broad, examining MINURSO from key historical, legal,
military and political angles whilst assessing the future of UN peacekeeping
missions in the Western Sahara. Supported by a diverse, international mix of
perspectives and professions—including academics, lawyers, soldiers, and
humanitarian aid workers—an in-depth view of MINURSO is provided, rooted in
practical Western Saharan field experience. The authors reveal the complexities
of the region and of the mission locally, but also analyze MINURSO through a
global lens, focusing on relations with the United States, China, Russia,
France, and African states. This approach emphasizes the importance of the
region as a site of international struggle while remaining conscious of local
contexts.
A landmark contribution to peacekeeping studies, the book is vital reading
for practitioners and academics focused on the Western Saharan conflict and the
MENA region, but will also be of interest to those engaged in international
relations, international law, and security studies.
Table of Contents
- Introduction:
Peacekeeping Operations in Situations of Conflict: The Case of MINURSO
- An
Overview of MINURSO – History, Legal framework, Missions, Structure: A
Balance
- Relevant
Events in the MINURSO History
- The End
of the Western Sahara Peace Process and the Collapse of the UN Ceasefire
- The
Legal Aspects of the Functioning of the UN Mission for the Referendum in
Western Sahara
- Human
Rights – MINURSO Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Participation
of Women in the MINURSO: Scope, Evolution and Factors for the Contribution
to the Mission
- MINURSO
and the Sahrawi Archaeological Heritage
- Building
Sandcastles in the Desert? MINURSO Military Component: Tasks, Duties, and
their Fulfilment
- The
MINURSO Police Contingent
- Integrated
Logistic Support and Financial Issues of the United Nations Mission for
the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- Military
and Police Experiences from Western Sahara: The Case of Hungary
- The
United States and MINURSO: 31 Years
- China
and the MINUSRO – Eyes on Peak Phosphorus?
- Russia
and MINURSO: This is Not Our Conflict
- France
and MINURSO
- The
Approach of the African States towards MINURSO
- MINURSO:
A Mission for Maintaining the Status Quo?
Yahia Zoubir and Souadou Lagdaf
Biography
János Besenyo is a Professor at the Doctoral School on
Safety and Security Sciences and Director of the Africa Research Institute at
Oìbuda University, Hungary. Between 1987 and 2018, he served as a professional
soldier and served in several peace operations in Africa and Afghanistan. He
received a PhD in military science from Zriìnyi Miklós National Defense
University (Hungary) and a Habilitation doctorate at Eo¨tvo¨s Loránd University
(Hungary). In 2014, he established the Scientific Research Centre of the
Hungarian Defence Forces General Staff, and he was its first leader from 2014
to 2018. His most recent publication is
Darfur Peacekeepers: The
African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (AMIS) from the Perspective of a
Hungarian Military Advisor.
Joseph Huddleston is an Assistant Professor in the
School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. He
studies diplomacy by self-determination and secessionist groups, international
responses to intrastate conflict, and war economies in protracted social
conflicts.
Yahia H. Zoubir is a Professor of International
Studies and Director of Research in Geopolitics at KEDGE Business School,
France. He has published works on the Western Sahara conflict for nearly 35
years, including articles in the
Middle East Journal, Middle East
Policy, Journal of Modern African Studies, and
California Western
International Law Journal.
Reviews
‘This gap-filling book provides comprehensive insight
into the MINURSO peacekeeping operation. The authors include well-known figures
in the scientific community, international lawyers, archaeologists, human
rights activists, and even a peacekeeper who served in the mission. It is
useful to all those involved in studying Western Sahara and the Maghreb
region.’
Major General György
Száraz,
Force Commander of the MINURSO from 2002 to 2005
‘This is an important
and timely study, not just for those interested in Western Sahara, but for
anyone concerned about the future of UN peacekeeping operations and the
challenging role of the United Nations in maintaining international peace and
security and in upholding international law.’
Stephen Zunes,
Professor
of Politics, University of San Francisco, USA
‘Conflict and Peace in
Western Sahara is a deeply researched, comprehensive account of the
half-century struggle for the future of Western Sahara, and of the United
Nations’ nearly thirty-year peacekeeping mission there. Equally well-grounded
in the surrounding region’s social and political history and in global
politics, it is a sobering assessment of how distant interests can warp the
search for local peace and self-determination.’
William
J. Durch,
Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center,
Washington, DC, USA
‘This comprehensive edited volume
offers thorough and diverse analysis that seeks to make sense of how we’ve
arrived at the present political impasse in Western Sahara. The volume is a
rarity in scholarship on the territory, offering depth and breadth from
researchers and past-MINURSO peacekeepers around the world. It is both
instructive and insightful in its attention to issues of human rights in the
context of the MINURSO mandate, offering an analysis of the Mission’s history,
the lessons learned, and what we may expect in the future.’
Randi Irwin,
Lecturer
in the School of Humanities, University of Newcastle, Australia
‘This pioneering and
comprehensive work helps illuminate the dilemma of successive Personal Envoys
of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara as they try to facilitate
negotiations for an agreement on the future of this territory that honors the
principle of self-determination when one of the parties – Morocco –
has abandoned its commitment to the referendum for which MINURSO was created
and has instead sought to impose a regime of autonomy under Moroccan
sovereignty and when, at the same time, the members of the Security Council
remain divided on how to break the resulting stalemate.’
Christopher Ross,
Personal
Envoy of the UN Secretary-General from 2009 to 2017
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