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What is in a Mandate? Introducing the UN Peace Mission Mandates Dataset

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  • Sara Hellmüller
  • Xiang-Yun Rosalind Tan
  • Corinne Bara

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UN peace missions are constantly evolving. Yet, we lack a detailed understanding of the shifting types and objectives of peace missions beyond broad categorizations that distinguish for instance between observer, traditional, multidimensional, and peace enforcement missions. To address this gap, we present the UN Peace Mission Mandates (UNPMM) dataset. With global coverage, 30Â years of data between 1991 and 2020, a broad scope that includes peacekeeping and political missions, and information on 41 mandate tasks, the UNPMM represents one of the most detailed and up-to-date datasets on UN peace mission mandates. We use it to highlight how mission types, objectives, and specific tasks have changed since the end of the Cold War, and to analyze what factors influence the kind of missions the UN is willing to authorize. The descriptive statistics and empirical analysis reaffirm the need for a greater disaggregation of data on UN peace missions and their mandates.

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  • Sara Hellmüller & Xiang-Yun Rosalind Tan & Corinne Bara, 2024. "What is in a Mandate? Introducing the UN Peace Mission Mandates Dataset," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 68(1), pages 166-192, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:68:y:2024:i:1:p:166-192
    DOI: 10.1177/00220027231159830
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