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Keeping Watch

Monitoring Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations

  • Author: UNU
  • Publication date: July 2011
  • Page count: 302
  • Language(s) in this book: English
  • Sales number: 11.III.A.8

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ISBN: 9789210563390

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Knowledge is power. In the hands of United Nations peacekeepers, it can be a power for peace. Lacking knowledge, peacekeepers often find themselves powerless in the field, unable to protect themselves and others. This book explains how technologies can increase the range, effectiveness and accuracy of United Nations observation. It also identifies potential problems and pitfalls with modern technologies and the challenges to incorporate them into the United Nations system. It examines the few cases of technologies effectively harnessed in the field and offers creative recommendations to overcome the institutional inertia and widespread misunderstandings about how technology can complement human initiative in the quest for peace in war-torn lands.