ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. United Nations has become involved in both the promotion and enforcement of many of the norms associated with global governance, including human rights, good governance and democratisation. This has been coupled with the perceived victory of liberal democracy over communism, a situation which has contributed directly to the emphasis the United Nations now places on the importance of the development of liberal democratic governance as the end state for post-conflict societies. Asides from the coordination of the increasing number of actors involved in peacekeeping operations, the United Nations Security Council also needs to work on improving the perception of these operations around the globe. As Daws argues many spoiler groups see the United Nations as a biased organisation promoting western goals, hence the attacks now in a number of locations on UN humanitarian agencies by al-Qaeda.
