What is the "Brahimi Process?"?

Question

in relations to UN peacekeeping...

Answer 1

Well I think that is referring to the Panel created to make the UN more credible as a force of peace. Brahimi was chosen by Kofi Annan (at that time he was Secretary General of the UN)  to lead the panel of humanitarians, police types and others from several countries. They created a report defining what needs to be done (reforms). Since Brahimi is the panel chairman, I guess the report (what needs to be done - reforms) they generated is referred to as the Brahimi Process. (?)

The panel continues to meet on a regular basis to keep abreast of changing situations and what needs to be addressed to meet the needs of the people.

The UN has (in the past) had a dismal reputation for doing anything meaningful to halt genocide and civil wars etc.

http://books.google.com/books?id=q_i7aW7...

The Reform Process of United Nations Peace Operations:

The Brahimi Report acknowledges that the United Nations is at crisis point in responding authoritatively to challenges of conflict prevention, peace enforcement and peace-building. We are placing a high priority on our response to the Report because we recognize the importance of reform for the future effectiveness of UN-led Peace Operations.

http://www.un.org/peace/reports/peace_op...

Secretary-General Kofi Annan promises major reform of UN peacekeeping;

calls on Member States to provide funds, improve decision-making

UNITED NATIONS, 23 August 2000 – Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged world governments to join him in implementing far-reaching changes in the structures and management of United Nations peace operations recommended by a panel of international experts, saying that prompt action was "absolutely essential to make the United Nations truly credible as a force for peace".

The Secretary-General set up the Panel in March, after publishing two reports last year which highlighted the United Nations failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and to protect the inhabitants of Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 1995. Saying "we must all do our utmost not to allow such horrors ever to happen again", he asked the Panel to make "a clear set of recommendations on how to do better in future in the whole range of United Nations activities in the area of peace and security".

Chaired by Lakhdar Brahimi, a former Algerian Foreign Minister, the Panel included members from all six continents, with wide experience in humanitarian, development and police work as well as military peacekeeping.

Panel Members:

Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi (Algeria), Chairman, Under-Secretary-General for Special Assignments in Support of the Secretary-General's Preventive and Peacemaking Efforts;

Mr. J. Brian Atwood (United States), former head of the United States Agency for International Development;

Mr. Colin Granderson (Trinidad and Tobago), former head of the Organization of American States (OAS)/UN International Civilian Mission in Haiti (MICIVIH);

Dame Ann Hercus (New Zealand), former Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Cyprus;

Mr. Richard Monk (United Kingdom), former Police Commissioner of the International Police Task Force (IPTF);

General Klaus Naumann (Germany), former Chief of the German defence staff and former Chairman of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO);

Professor Hisako Shimura (Japan), President of Tsuda College in Japan, former official in the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations;

Ambassador Vladimir Shustov (Russian Federation), Ambassador at large, former Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations;

General Philip Sibanda (Zimbabwe), former Force Commander of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission III (UNAVEM III); and Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga (Switzerland), former President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

http://www.un.org/peace/reports/peace_op...

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

Preventive action

Peace-building strategy

Peacekeeping doctrine and strategy

Clear, credible and achievable mandates

Information and strategic analysis

Transitional civil administration

Determining deployment timelines

Mission leadership

Military personnel

Civilian police personnel

Civilian specialists

Rapidly deployable capacity for public information  

Logistics support and expenditure management

Funding Headquarters support for peacekeeping operations

Integrated mission planning and support

Other structural adjustments in DPKO

Operational support for public information

Peace-building support in the Department of Political Affairs

Peace operations support in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Peace operations and the information age

Answer 2

Sorry, I am not familiar with this process. I would like help!

Answer 3

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