Mirjana Mlađenović*
DEVELOPMENT AND REDEFINITION OF THE ROLE ON THE UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN PRESERVING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
Summary
This paper explains the importance and role of United Nations peacekeeping missions in solving social crises and conflicts. The historical basis of the conflicts themselves, as well as their causes and development in different societies, is analyzed. The role of the collective security system is also defined with reference to the first established system of this kind through the Statute of the League of Nations. Normative-legal frameworks of peace operations and their conceptual concepts and existing types are presented. Types of cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations during peace operations, primarily cooperation with NATO, as well as their advantages and disadvantages during cooperation are presented. What is highlighted in the paper is the current state of peacekeeping operations and the challenges they face. Modern peacekeeping missions and their legality are presented, as well as the basis for organizing new types of peacekeeping operations and the conditions necessary for their maintenance and further development.
Key words: peace missions of the UN, crises and conflicts in society, collective security system, peace operations, peaceful settlement of disputes, international law.
* National Bank of Serbia - Branch in Užice, Independent Expert Associate for Occupational Safety and Health.