The role of UN peace operations in countering health insecurity after COVID-19

Gilder, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-1433 (2022) The role of UN peace operations in countering health insecurity after COVID-19. Global Policy, 13 (2). pp. 271-280. ISSN 1758-5880 doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.13056

Abstract/Summary

This Policy Insight suggests the UN must account for a diverse range of conflict drivers, including health insecurity, and that UN peace operations can play a role in countries of deployment to counter health crises. Insecurity is experienced in a variety of different ways in a complex world where threats are multifaceted. COVID-19 is merely the latest health crisis which has impacted populations around the globe in both developed and developing countries. However, UN peace operations have not typically played a major role in addressing health insecurity nor have they undergone any major shifts in their focus to provide direct health-related assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. With health insecurity likely to persist, there should not need to be a global pandemic for the UN Security Council to use peace operations to undertake further preventative work in this area.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-pure-test.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/102190
Identification Number/DOI	10.1111/1758-5899.13056
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Law
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