International governance of war-torn territories : rule and reconstruction.

Post Cold War has seen new shifts in security and humanitarian concerns as the vast majority of armed conflicts become internal and ethnic in nature. These have extended the mandate of the United Nations and other multilateral organizations to deal with the international administration of war-torn territories. Third party initiatives to broker and manage peace have played an important role in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Eastern Slovania, Kosovo and East Timor. This book explores the mandates, structure and powers of the international administration of war-torn societies and discusses their effectiveness and the operational, political and normative challenges that arise in the context of these experiences. It reflects on the policy implications of humanitarian interventions and examines recent initiatives taken by states and multinational organizations to enhance the effectiveness and challenges of international administration. This study is divided in two parts. Part 1 examines the conduct of international administration in each of the five principal functional areas: public order and internal security, the resettlement of refugees and internally displaced persons, civil administration, the building of local political institutions, and economic reconstruction and development. Part 2 looks at the major operational, political and normative challenges of territorial administration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]