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Japan and UN Peace Operations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2004

KATSUMI ISHIZUKA
KATSUMI ISHIZUKA
Affiliation:
Department of International Business Management, University of Kyoei, Japan
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Abstract

Japan created ‘the PKO Law’ in 1992 to provide a legal framework for international peacekeeping activities, following its financial involvement in the Gulf War of 1991. This paper argues that the PKO Law imposed certain restrictions which complicated the missions of the Japanese Self Defence Forces (SDF) and civilian personnel in operational fields. Post 11 September (2001), the Japanese government created a new legal framework for counter-terrorism and dispatched its SDF personnel to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET).

Type
Research Article
Information
Japanese Journal of Political Science , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , May 2004 , pp. 137 - 157
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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