Comparing the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) with the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur: Background, Mandate, Scope, Success & Failures

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,0, University of Hamburg (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy), course: UN Peace Support Operations, language: English, abstract: Two massive UN missions in the largest African country, Sudan. The paper systematically compares the UNMIS in Southern Sudan and UNAMID in Darfur. The analysis starts at the background of the conflicts that led to both UN operations. Consequently, the design of the UN mandates are compared, as well as the scope of the resources on the ground. The paper concludes with the status quo and an analysis of the success and failures of both missions.The author was working in Southern Sudan for 6 months for an international NGO.