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Ideas for Reform : Private Military Companies-Pro
- Peacekeeping 'Role' for Mercenaries
-- (February 13, 2002) The UK’s Foreign Office raised the possibility of licensing private military companies (PMC) as they may do a better and more cost-effective job than the UN peacekeeping force. Yet some officials argue that using PMCs is “an abdication of the responsibilities of government and…the high ideals of the UN.”
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- Private Military Companies Pursue the Peace Dividend
-- (July 24, 2003) A spokesman from a private military company insists that his company’s “special constabulary force” could have quickly captured Liberian President Charles Taylor and spared the country from recent bloodshed. Nonetheless, the international community remains wary of the “mercenary business.”
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- Private Military Companies: Options for Regulation
-- (February 12, 2002) The Green Paper by the UK’s Foreign Office analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of private military companies (PMC). A strong and reputable PMC might enhance the UN’s capability to respond rapidly and effectively in a crisis. Yet are we really ready to “privatize peace”?
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- Privatizing Protection
-- (August/September 2001) “Some people contribute the blood and some contribute the money" for UN PKO. But when the world does not want to offer either, professional military companies, as the UN Secretary-General admits, are “an option that cannot be relinquished."
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- Should We Privatize the Peacekeeping?
-- (May 12, 2000) As more countries express reluctance to contribute peacekeeping troops, a new alternative might be to hire private military companies, such as the South Africa-based Executive Outcomes (EO), to undertake peacekeeping tasks.
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- The Private Sector’s Role in Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement
-- (November 18, 2003) Britain and France stepped in to revive faltering UN peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone and DR Congo. This article points out the dangers of private sector peacekeeping involvement, but argues that the UN should consider using private contractors for logistical support.
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