Peacekeeping Organisations

[Yin717]

I had been pondering this yesterday while watching Dad's Army funnily.

We all know that the UN takes up various peacekeeping roles in the world but of course it has received various criticisms for not going into war zones because of international players stopping it from happing. So I was wondering if there were other peacekeeping organisations (most likely more like mercenaries) that take up a similar role the UN does?

 

[AFSteliga]

The first one that comes to my mind is the group that I'll hopefully be working for in the next couple of years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_Force_and_Observers

 

[Yin717]

Very interesting. But sadly, while it does a peacekeeping role it only seems to operate in one area. And it doesn't seem to have any plans to expand. Is there any organisation that does a wider role and is (in a sense) private.

 

[03USMC]

Private peace keepers are called PMC's like EO

 

[I3BrigPvSk]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

If you are interested in the PMCs

Sandline
http://www.sandline.com/site/ it contain links to other companies as well

Aegis
http://www.aegisworld.com/

If you are close to a library, check out the book "Corporate Warriors" by P.W Singer. The book has listed several companies, and their websites.

G

 

[Yin717]

Hmmmm. Very interesting. Thanks for that. It's very interesting. And I'll remember to check out the book the next time I go to the library.