The first United Nations Chiefs of Defence Conference in 2015. Results and experiences

Abstract

For today, the United Nations’ peacekeeping activities became one of the most effective tools of the international community, which is operating to limit the burst of conflicts and restore peace. But what is the measure of success? How can one determine that a United Nations mission achieved its purpose? Not only the UN analyzed the factors and conditions of success, but also many other researcher had interest in clarifying the terms of the success itself. In my analysis, besides briefing the experience of the first United Nations Chiefs of Defence Conference in 2015, I highlight significant security threats and problems of the 21st century and present the United Nations operations’ success and failure factors. Nevertheless, my purpose is to point out that promptly planned missions and quickly deployed United Nations forces can significantly lower the level of intervention and the associated resource requirements during the management of a region’s conflicts.