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Martti Ahtisaari Preface: Reflections on SRSG Leadership
I. Introduction
Manuel Fröhlich, Dorothea Prell, Patrick Rosenow
UN Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-General: Theoretical Concepts, Empirical Data and Practical Experiences
II. Crosscutting Aspects and Challenges
Dorothea Prell
Leaders and Leadership: Insights from Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies
Kent Kille
Lessons from Secretary-General Leadership Studies for Leadership Analysis of the Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-General
Fabrizio Hochschild
The Critical Dilemmas of the SRSG Role
Frederik Trettin
Bureaucratic Arrangements in and for UN Peacekeeping Operations: Opportunity or Constraint for Individual SRSG and Head of Mission Leadership?
Ingrid Lehmann
Media Challenges for Special Representatives of the Secretary-General and their Staff
Winrich Kühne
Robust, Multidimensional Peace Operations: Overwhelmed by Unsolved Problems und New Challenges?
Natalie Tröller Transregional and Thematic SRSGs: The Case of IDPs and Human Rights in Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises
III. Arena I - SRSGs and the Security Council
Dorothea Prell
Background I: Ways of Interacting between SRSGs, the Secretary-General and the Security Council
Elodie Convergne
Agents' Conception of Peace and Principals' Decision-Making: The SRSGs' Relationship with the Security Council
Bruno Stagno Ugarte
SRSGs and their Principals: One for All or All for One?
Youssef Mahmoud
SRSG Experiences from Burundi, the Central African Republic and Chad: Leadership for Peace is not about You
Michael von der Schulenburg
SRSG Experiences from Sierra Leone: Building Peace in Mounting Risk Environments
IV. Arena II - SRSGs and Conflict Parties
Patrick Rosenow
Background II: SRSGs in Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Lonjezo Peter Hamisi
Conflict-Specific SRSGs: A Historical Analysis
Henning Melber
Mediating Decolonization: Dealing with Conflict Parties: The Long Way to Namibia's Transition to Independence
Aldo Ajello
SRSG Experiences from Mozambique: A Success Story
Karin Landgren
SRSG Experiences from Liberia: Leading UNMIL
Staffan de Mistura
SRSG Experiences from Ethiopia, the Balkans, Lebanon and Sudan: The Need for Creativity and Thinking out of the Box
Jan Pronk
SRSG Experiences from Sudan: Resources and Constraints of Peacekeeping
Àlvaro de Soto
SRSG Experiences from Central America to Middle East: The Imperative of a Single Mediator
V. Arena III - SRSGs and Mission Components
Martin Seifert
Background III: SRSGs in Mission Leadership
Dieter Lußem
The Role of the Force Commander: Complexities and Challenges in large integrated UN Peacekeeping Missions
Timo Mahn
The Role of the Resident Coordinator: Bridging Peace Operations, Humanitarian Assistance and Development?
Edmond Mulet
SRSG Experiences from Haiti: MINUSTAH in the Aftermath of the Earthquake
Sukehiro Hasegawa
SRSG Experiences from Timor-Leste: Transforming National Leadership and Ownership as the Imperative for a Sustainable Transition from Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding
Joachim Rücker
SRSG Experiences from Kosovo: On the Way to Independence
Andreas Wittkowsky
DSRSG Experiences from Kosovo: Walking the Fine Line: Mission Leadership between Conflicting Objectives and Interests
VI. Conclusion
Manuel Fröhlich, Dorothea Prell, Patrick Rosenow
Resources, Opportunities and Constraints of SRSG Leadership
About the author
Manuel Fröhlich is Professor for International Organizations and Globalization at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
Summary
This innovative book makes a significant contribution to the study of a special and hitherto neglected group of actors in the maintenance of international peace and security: Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-General (SRSGs). It does this by making use of the first comprehensive database on SRSG activity, by employing a framework for individual and international leadership and by bringing together contributions from academia and practice. The basic structure of the book mirrors a series of international workshops dedicated to one specific arena of SRSG leadership, namely leadership vis-á-vis the Security Council, the parties to a given conflict situation and the diverse components of a peace mission in the field.
The increase in SRSG activity is connected to the overall decrease in intrastate-conflict that databases such as the Human Security Report detail since the 1990s. SRSGs thus emerge as a highly relevant tool of the international community in addressing conflict. As a group of actors they show some commonalities but also differences to the more commonly known "Blue Helmets" which are usually associated with the UN's work for international peace and security.
Foreword
A unique study of an under-researched aspect of the United Nations and its efforts for peace.
