[IntLawProfessors] UNITED NATIONS MILITARY FORCES?

[Don Anton]

Dear Bill,

It is accurate reporting. I included at least 4 news items on the joint action (including a NYTimes story) in last week's Digest.  This week our colleague Antonios Tzanakopoulos wrote about the action on the EJIL blog.  See Antonios Tzanakopoulos, The UN/French Use of Force in Abidjan: Uncertainties Regarding the Scope of UN Authorizations, EJIL: Talk! (Apr. 9, 2011).  Tzanakopoulos writes:

The UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) was established under Chapter VII of the UN Charter by SCR 1528 (2004) as of 4 April 2004. It took over from the UN political mission (MINUCI) and the ECOWAS forces (ECOMICI) that were in the area since conflict broke out.
The Security Council has authorized UNOCI to use ‘all necessary means’ to carry out its mandate (ibid para 8; SCR 1739 [2007] para 5) which includes (ibid para 2[f], amended by SCR 1933 [2010] para 16[b]; see also para 17 for authorization) ‘protection of civilians under threat of imminent physical violence, within its capabilities and its areas of deployment’ (which include Abidjan).

Kind regards,
DA

>>> William Slomanson <bills at tjsl.edu> 14/04/11 2:31 >>>

I’m a bit behind the curve, re the stories coming out of Ivory Coast, re not only French but “UN helicopters” firing ammo. As the UN Charter Art. 43 standing army never materialized, is this misleading reporting, or does the UN actually have its own helo’s and forces engaged in this presidential affair?     
 
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