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COOPERATION VERSUS DISSONANCE: THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE EVOLVING AFRICAN UNION (AU)?

COOPERATION VERSUS DISSONANCE: THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE EVOLVING AFRICAN UNION (AU)? INTRODUCTION It is now widely recognized that the United Nations must increase its cooperation with regional organizations/arrangements in the maintenance of international peace and security. Acute resource constraints which the UN has to grapple with on an annual basis and the perceived reluctance of the five Permanent Powers (P5) of the UN Security Council to get directly involved in conflicts in far flung areas whose strategic significance has diminished after the cold war have compelled successive Secretaries-General to call upon regional arrangements to complement the world body in peacekeeping and peacemaking.' It is against this background that this paper seeks to assess the evolving cooperative relationship between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU).2 It is argued in this paper that whilst, the nature of collaboration between the UNSC and the OAU is satisfactory, certain points of friction are visible. Among the major points of friction between the two bodies are Africa's quest to attain increased representation on an enlarged and reformed UNSC and the lack of cohesiveness of OAU Member States in enforcing UNSC authorized sanctions. This "uncooperative stance" appears in part to be fuelled by the perception in the OAU that in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Yearbook of International Law Online Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright 2001 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1380-7412
eISSN
2211-6176
DOI
10.1163/221161701X00036
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION It is now widely recognized that the United Nations must increase its cooperation with regional organizations/arrangements in the maintenance of international peace and security. Acute resource constraints which the UN has to grapple with on an annual basis and the perceived reluctance of the five Permanent Powers (P5) of the UN Security Council to get directly involved in conflicts in far flung areas whose strategic significance has diminished after the cold war have compelled successive Secretaries-General to call upon regional arrangements to complement the world body in peacekeeping and peacemaking.' It is against this background that this paper seeks to assess the evolving cooperative relationship between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU).2 It is argued in this paper that whilst, the nature of collaboration between the UNSC and the OAU is satisfactory, certain points of friction are visible. Among the major points of friction between the two bodies are Africa's quest to attain increased representation on an enlarged and reformed UNSC and the lack of cohesiveness of OAU Member States in enforcing UNSC authorized sanctions. This "uncooperative stance" appears in part to be fuelled by the perception in the OAU that in the

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African Yearbook of International Law OnlineBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2001

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