restoring law & order and crime prevention - Peace Operations ...

57CONCLUSIONS1. As described in the study, the main objective of the Unites Nation ismaintenance of international peace and security. UN has been achievingthis objective through the instrument of peacekeeping operationslaunched since 1948. Over the years there has been continuous growthand changes in the nature of United Nations peacekeeping missions inthe world. During the initial period the nature of conflict was mainly inthe form of inter state wars. However, the nature of conflict changedradically, especially in the 1990s after the end of Cold war and the UNpeacekeeping missions now had to deal with intra-State conflicts, civilwars and anarchic violence within the countries. With the conflictsituations becoming more complex, the scope and mandate of UNpeacekeeping missions widened and the present day peacekeepingmissions not only deal with military challenges but also addressessocial, political, humanitarian and other such issues which go in a longway to address the root causes of the conflict and leads to acomprehensive and long lasting settlement of the conflict. Thus, theUnited Nations peacekeeping missions now cover traditional tasks, aswell as the tasks of peace building, protection of civilians and humanrights making the peacekeeping missions multidimensional with anumber of actors joining the Military, engaged in the process ofbringing stability and re-establishing normalcy in the mission areawhich has been affected by conflict. These new actors areadministrators, humanitarian aid workers, human right workers, electionmonitors, NGOs, UN agencies, national and local organizations andothers besides the UN Police.