1. The UN and International Order The UN security framework and peace operations The UN peace operations- definitions Institutional arrangements and the institutional adaptation debate Limitations to the UN capacity in contemporary crisis management

2. The UN peace operations Conceptual framework- the UN Charter (Preamble), Security Council Resolutions, General Assembly Resolutions, Reports of the Secretary-General, Security Council Presidential Statements Preventive diplomacy and Peace-making (preventive deployment, disarmament, humanitarian action, and peace building) Peace-keeping- 1 st generation, humanitarian intervention (2 nd generation) Peace building Humanitarian intervention

3. Institutional arrangements and the institutional adaptation debate The Security Council- authorises missions, Military Staff Committee, Peacekeeping Operations and Missions The General Assembly- Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (4 th Committee) The Secretariat: Department of Political Affairs and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO); The Secretary-General and his/her Special Representatives, Emissaries, Special Envoys The institutional adaptation debate: - a political centre of decision-making: strategic planning and political direction - operational centre of decision-making: Integrated Mission Task Forces and the concept ‘rapid and effective deployment capacity’ (UN standby arrangements system- UNSAS