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| Name the missions in the DRC |
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| MONUC, IEMF, Artemis, UNSOR, EUFOR |
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United Nations mission
oversee Lusaka ceasefire agreement
involved in Hema v. Lendu land conflict
MILITARY OBSERVERS
renamed MONUSCO |
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| created after Kofi Annan asks for help after MONUC |
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EU operation
desperate military resource need
EU generated resources |
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| why did the european union get involved |
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no one else to do it
UN peacekeeping had reputation for being slow
NATO tied up in iraq |
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| Why didn't the UN get involved? |
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| US relies heavily on member states- no way to react quickly |
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| What was most notable about operation Artemis? |
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| not the function in the DRC but the SYMBOLISM of EU autonomy |
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| result of artemis militarily |
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military success (garunteed)
Bosnia secured
no use of nato
logistical and tactical success |
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| political results of artemis |
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boosted esdp credibility
provided template for further engagements |
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support MONUC during election time
only 4 months- too short and withdrew too quickly (violence afterwards) |
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Hutu Interhamwe militia - mostly from Rwanda and responsible for 1994 genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda
Former Hutu members of the Rwandan military - also responsible for 1994 genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda
Mai Mai - group of traditional Congolese local security forces
These groups operate inside the DRC supporting the government "often as guerillas operating inside territory held by antigovernment forces" (U.S. State 2001) |
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| Ethnic tensions, economic deprivation and interests, and foreign involvement, mineral resources (coltan) |
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