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Home > Resources > Ethics & International Affairs Journal > Volume 8 (1994) > Articles |
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UN Responses in the Former Yugoslavia: Moral and Operational Choices [Abstract]
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December 3, 1994
Weiss examines the moral choices that accompanied the military, humanitarian,
and diplomatic dilemmas of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and offers
prescriptions for reconciling moral imperatives with political and operational
constraints. He faults the international community not only for its delayed
response to the conflict, but also for its failure to coordinate an effective
response. Weiss argues that the international political community's
decision-making process regarding military action in the Balkan conflict was
based on the political climate rather than on concrete objectives. Weiss
proposes the creation of a human rights protection force (HUMPROFOR), arguing
that if the international community continues to rely on sanctions as a
"standard weapon," the UN should draw up a "standard list of exemptions."
Describing the UN's actions as "hollow," Weiss concludes that "the UN provided a
convenient forum for governments to appear to be doing something without really
doing anything substantial to thwart aggression, genocide, and forced movement
of peoples." Weiss addresses the limitations of the UN system, arguing that it
should never have been expected to mediate a conflict that ought to have been
prevented earlier.
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