ABSTRACT
This chapter explores that mission in terms of the several dimensions of the model. The dimension of Legitimacy in the analysis of United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) is closely related to Unity of Effort, especially with respect to the principle of the Objective. Lack of agreement about the meaning of the mandate was only compounded by the command relationships that structured UNOSOM II. The UNOSOM II political division successfully opposed Mohammed Farrah Hassan Aideed attempt to manipulate the conference, thereby leaving him extremely frustrated over his inability to control the political process in Somalia. One of the complicating factors in the case study of UNOSOM II is the initial identification of the belligerents. Even within the headquarters, the UNOSOM II chief intelligence officer, an Italian, was excluded from the planning process on numerous UNOSOM II directed operations.
