Conflict Prevention and Regional Organisations The Role of the African Union in Burundi Crisis

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· 발행기관 : 경희대학교 인류사회재건연구원
· 수록지 정보 : Oughtopia (오토피아) / 23권 / 2호 / 31 ~ 71페이지
· 저자명 : 전광호

초록

The aim of this study is to explore what is the ability of the African Union
in conflict prevention. In order to have a better comprehension of the abilities
of the African Union (AU) in conflict prevention, we will need to critically
examine how its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), have
created the environment for emergence of regionalism in the areas of peace
and security. And then the study will focus on the specific case of Burundi.
Following analysis of both African regional organisations capacities in conflict
prevention, objective will be to examine the peace support mission of each
of the organisation, as they both intervened in Burundi, in order to assess
the role and effectiveness of their intervention.
In analysis of the African peace support interventions in Burundi, the African
Union mission has, compared to the OAU observer mission illustrated a
great progress in its conflict prevention capacities, but yet significant improvements
must still be made. Burundi remains a small country and it is about
the management of a domestic conflict. If even in this case resources are
limited, how could the African Union be efficient in more important conflicts?
It is also important to note that beside regional efforts in conflict resolution
in Burundi, governmental and nongovernmental bilateral and domestic
initiatives were as well significant contributions to the peace process.
Throughout this study, it has been shown that the future trend of conflict
management and peacekeeping in Africa is the sharing of responsibility
between the AU, subregional organisations, and the United Nations. It is
clear that avoiding armed conflicts is essential because most of the time
the victims of it are the population, but almost nothing will change if the
root causes are not being addressed.

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