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[quote=JCNILE123,263916]This means that if a party chooses not to cooperate, it can effectively defy a peace-keeping operation. In line with the Security CouncilÕs primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, peace-keeping operations have mainly been established by the Council (though two were, exceptionally, authorized by the General Assembly). This means that no operation can be established without a broad consensus within the international community that it is the right thing to do. It is the Security CouncilÕs responsibility to ensure that the operation is given a mandate which is clear, accepted by the parties concerned and practicable in the situation 
existing on the ground. Also essential is the continuing support of the Security Council, which may be asked by the Secretary General to intervene if one or other of the parties fails to provide the necessary support and cooperation. If the mandate is unclear or ambiguous, the operation is likely to face recurrent difficulties and its activities may become controversial, with the consequent risk that it may lose the necessary support of the security council or the necessary agreement of one of the parties concerned. 
The military personnel who serve in peace-keeping operations are provided by Member States on a voluntary basis. Once so provided, they pass under the command of the Secretary General in all operational matters, as the Secretary General is responsible for the direction of the operation and is required to report thereon at regular intervals to the Security Council.5 Those who serve in military observer missions are almost invariably unarmed. Those who serve in peace-keeping forces are equipped with light defensive weapons but are not authorized to use force except in self-defence.6 This right is exercised only sparingly because of the obvious danger that if a United Nations force uses its weapons, its impartiality is however unfairly called in question. This requirement sometimes demands exceptional restraint on the part of soldiers serving in United Nations peace-keeping forces. 
Finally it is essential that the operation should have a sound financial basis. The financing of peace-keeping has been one of its most controversial and least satisfactory aspects. Almost all operations are now financed by obligatory contributions levied on Member States. If the Member States do not pay their contributions promptly and in full, the Secretary General lacks the financial resources needed to reimburse to the troop contributing governments the sums due to them. This means, in effect, that those governments have to pay an unfairly high share of the cost of the operation in question, in addition to sending their soldiers to serve in unpredictable and sometimes dangerous situations. 
Peace-keeping and Peace-making 
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