Prospects for Humanitarian Intervention

Prospects for Humanitarian InterventionCountries like Indonesia, Japan, China accepted outside help when they were stuck with natural calamities. Such calamities recently have occurred in Nepal and Papua New GuineaHigh level of conflict in Ukraine, South Sudan, Mali, Syria, etc. claiming lives of thousands of people.Humanitarian intervention would be a big leap in providing relief to the affected population in these areas if the internal government is unable to protect the citizens.Prospects of PeacekeepingFive fold increase in peacekeeping operations by UN in recent years with almost 120000 peace keepers in 15 missions around the globe.High conflicts in Mali, South Sudan, CAR, Congo, etc. resulted in causalities of thousands.Increasing need for Peacekeeping in this area to save peoples lives and help to boost internal peace in such war struck zones.However, countries should find ways to minimize costs of maintaining peacekeeping forcesProspects Contd.There are some issues that need to be addressed here:How to fund these missions?Where to find the human resource for the missions?How to make intervention acceptable by the countries being intervened into?ConclusionThese missions have saved millions of lives already and protected human rights of peopleThey are highly effective at achieving their purposeHigh prospects of Humanitarian Intervention and PeacekeepingThere is a dire need of institutions and organizations which can further contribute in these efforts