Peacekeeping and Public Information: Caught in the Crossfire
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0714649309
ISSN
13679880
Category
327.17-International Relation
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
Frank Cass Publishers, United States
Pages
190
Subject
United Nations--Armed Forces. Communication in international relations.
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Abstract
This book demonstrates, through case studies of five peacekeeping operations – Namibia, Cambodia, Rwanda, Haiti and Eastern Slavonia- that it is the norm that public information functions, structures and processes are ignored in the mandate may or may not be successfully added on later; and are too often relegated to specialist staff. The resultant ad hoc conduct of the public affairs of the mission leaves too much to chance and may lead to fragmented and often contradictory execution at too low a level. This portends ominously for the manner in which the operation will be perceived and eventually, as well for the manner in which peacekeeping operations in general may be judged.
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Ms Lehmann has provided a timely and challenging prescription for just how the goals of placing communication functions at the heart of the strategic management of the UN might be achieved - and a dramatic warning of the consequences of failing to do so. - from Amzon
Biblio Notes
Contents
1. Introduction……………………………………………..............................................P. 1
2. Towards a Theory of Political Communication
for International Organizations………………………………………................................p.11
3. Public Information Management in UN Peacekeeping …………………............P. 22
4. The Information Programme of UNTAG in Namibia,1989-90…………..........P. 28
5. The Information and Education Programmes of UNTAG in Cambodia, 1992-93………………………………………………………………….........................................P. 51
6. The Failure To Communicate: UNAMIR in Rwanda,1994-95…………...........P. 84
7. The Information Campaigns of UNMIH in Haiti,1994-96……………..............P.110
8. Peace Keeping in Propagandist Environment: Form UNPROFOR to UNTAES in the Former Yugoslavia…………………………………................................................P. 129
9. Comparisons and Conclusions………………………………………….......................P. 147
Bibliography…………………………………………………………….......................................P. 156
Index…………………………………………………………………............................................p. 167
1. Introduction……………………………………………..............................................P. 1
2. Towards a Theory of Political Communication
for International Organizations………………………………………................................p.11
3. Public Information Management in UN Peacekeeping …………………............P. 22
4. The Information Programme of UNTAG in Namibia,1989-90…………..........P. 28
5. The Information and Education Programmes of UNTAG in Cambodia, 1992-93………………………………………………………………….........................................P. 51
6. The Failure To Communicate: UNAMIR in Rwanda,1994-95…………...........P. 84
7. The Information Campaigns of UNMIH in Haiti,1994-96……………..............P.110
8. Peace Keeping in Propagandist Environment: Form UNPROFOR to UNTAES in the Former Yugoslavia…………………………………................................................P. 129
9. Comparisons and Conclusions………………………………………….......................P. 147
Bibliography…………………………………………………………….......................................P. 156
Index…………………………………………………………………............................................p. 167
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