- The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- About the Editors
- Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The United Nations and Peacekeeping
- Trends in Peace Operations, 1947–2013
- Peacekeeping and International Law
- The United Nations’ Inter-organizational Relations in Peacekeeping
- Peace Operations and Humanitarian Interventions
- Evaluating Peace Operations
- Introduction: Post-Cold War Peacekeeping: 1988–1998
- United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP)
- United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)
- United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)
- United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)
- United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA)
- United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- United Nations Angola Verification Missions II and III (UNAVEM II and III)
- United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL)
- United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Croatia)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I)
- United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
- United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda (UNOMUR) and United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda I (UNAMIR I)
- United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda II (UNAMIR II)
- United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)
- United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP—Macedonia)
- United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH)
- United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) and UN Civilian Police Support Group in Croatia (UNPSG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
- United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)
- United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH)
- United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)
- United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)
- United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)
- United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter focuses on the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA), a peacekeeping mission deployed by the United Nations between 1994 and 2004 to oversee the peace process in Guatemala. After providing an overview of the armed insurgency in Guatemala, the article outlines MINUGUA’s mandate and evaluates its operational achievements and limitations. MINUGUA had three distinct phases: a human rights observer mission from November 1994 to December 1996; a peacekeeping interlude (Spring 1997) dividing the two armed sides to the conflict, and demobilizing the rebels; and a longer and more complex set of tasks as the body responsible for verifying the implementation of the Guatemalan Peace Accords from 1996 to 2004. The chapter highlights the difficulties of the operation in fulfilling some of the more ambitious elements of its mandate. While the demobilization and peacekeeping tasks in 1997 were accomplished relatively successfully and some capacity-building initiatives in the field of civil society were advanced, the more long-term tasks of peacebuilding and human rights promotion proved far more difficult.
Keywords: peacekeeping mission, UN Security Council, peace process, human rights, Guatemala, insurgency, United Nations
Amy Ross, Department of Geography, University of Georgia
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- The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- About the Editors
- Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The United Nations and Peacekeeping
- Trends in Peace Operations, 1947–2013
- Peacekeeping and International Law
- The United Nations’ Inter-organizational Relations in Peacekeeping
- Peace Operations and Humanitarian Interventions
- Evaluating Peace Operations
- Introduction: Post-Cold War Peacekeeping: 1988–1998
- United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP)
- United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)
- United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)
- United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)
- United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA)
- United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- United Nations Angola Verification Missions II and III (UNAVEM II and III)
- United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL)
- United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Croatia)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I)
- United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
- United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda (UNOMUR) and United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda I (UNAMIR I)
- United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda II (UNAMIR II)
- United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)
- United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP—Macedonia)
- United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH)
- United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) and UN Civilian Police Support Group in Croatia (UNPSG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
- United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)
- United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH)
- United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)
- United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)
- United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)
- United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)
- Index