PCR 203: Peace Keeping and Conflict Resolution

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

1. discuss the roles mega unions such as the AU, UN, ECOWAS and many others. play in the maintenance of international peace and security;
2. critically   evaluate   the   relationships   between  the   international   organisations  in maintaining global peaceful co-existence;
3. identify the roles of Nigeria in the various peace keeping missions that it has participated (financial and human tolls, and gains); and
4. discuss the borderless-ness of nations in matters of crime, conflict and, indeed, their resolutions.

Course Contents

The AU, ECOWAS, EU, UN, through peace keeping, contributes to international peace and security. It explores the extent to which UN intervention has become possible and desirable in the ‘new world order’. Nigeria’s involvement in peacekeeping in Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Somali, and Darfur and many others in protecting civilians, actively prevent conflict, reduce violence, strengthen security and empower national authorities to take responsibilities. The role of the Civil Society in Peacekeeping missions.