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4 Lou Pingeot | <strong>Dangerous</strong> <strong>Partnership</strong> VIII – PMSCs in the Broader UN Security Framework 36 Change of Security Philosophy 36 “Integrated” Missions and Power Politics 36 “Robust” Peacekeeping 37 “Bunkerization” of the UN 38 IX – Recent Developments in UN Policy 39 Guidelines for Armed Private Security 39 The PMSC Lobby 40 X – PMSCs: Part of the Problem, not the Solution 41 XI – Conclusion 42 Strong Guidelines, Rigorous Oversight and System-Wide Transparency 42 Rethinking Security 43 Acronyms 44 Appendix I – Evolution in UN Security Contracting, 2009-2010 45 Appendix II – Field Missions’ Use of Security Services, 2006-2011 47 Appendix III – Companies hired by the UN 48 Appendix IV – Select Bibliography 49
Acknowledgements Acknowledgements This report would not have been possible without the support and help of many individuals and organizations. First among them are the UN staff members and officials who agreed to talk to me on and off the record to share their knowledge and insight. I owe much to Global Policy Forum and its supportive environment. Thanks to Jim Paul for his valuable editing, ideas and encouragement. Thanks also to many other GPF colleagues who assisted me through research and fact-checking: Suzie Dershowitz, Luke Finn, George Gao, Nick Mansfield, Moa Osterberg, Harpreet Paul, and Aheli Purkayastha. And thanks to Wolfgang Obenland of GPF Europe for helping out with the report’s formatting and production. I am also grateful to the people who were kind enough to take the time to read the report before publication and give me feedback: James Cockayne, José Luis Gómez del Prado, Ian MacDonald, Céline Nahory, Åse Gilje Østensen, and others who will remain anonymous. Thanks to the Center for International and Security Studies of York University (Toronto) for inviting me as a Visiting Fellow during the early days of my research. The resources they provided helped form the basis of my reflection on this topic. Finally, the long process of research, writing and editing, carried out over more than a year, would not have been possible without the generous support of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Samuel Rubin Foundation, as well as many individual GPF donors, especially a lead gift from Gordon Gray, Jr. 5
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Page 7 and 8: Executive Summary The United Nation
Page 9 and 10: I - Introduction The United Nations
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