FINANCING OF THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE OPERATIONS AS A GLOBAL PUBLIC GOOD

Year 2007, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 139 - 165, 01.12.2007

Naci Tolga Saruç . .

Abstract

Bar+, tüketimden mahrum b+rak+lamama ve tüketimde rekabet
olmamas+ kriterleri nedeniyle tam kamusal mal özelli0i ta,+maktad+r.
Ulusal bar+, kamusal mal iken, uluslar aras+ bar+, ise küresel kamusal
mald+r ve ona göre finansman+ sa0lanmal+d+r. Bu çal+,mada ilk olarak bar+,’+n küresel kamusal mal olarak
özellikleri ara,t+r+lm+,, daha sonra ise bar+, operasyonlar+n+n Birle,mi,
Milletler (BM) bünyesinde nas+l finanse edildi0i tart+,+lm+,t+r. Son
y+llarda BM bar+, operasyonlar+n+n finansman yap+s+nda ciddi
geli,meler olmas+na ra0men, günümüzdeki finansal yap+ hala çok
verimli de0ildir ve BM bar+, operasyonlar+n+n finansman seviyesi de
yetersizdir. Ayr+ca, bar+,+n finansman+ için gerekli ödemeleri
geciktiren ülkelere kar,+ etkili yapt+r+mlara ihtiyaç vard+r. Bar+,
operasyonlar+n+n daha etkili finansman+ için literatürde birçok yeni
fikre rastlamak mümkündür; bunlar sigorta yakla,+m+ndan (ülkeler
korunmalar+ için BM’den sigorta yapt+rmaktad+rlar) ülkelerin
yapt+klar+ silah ticareti üzerine vergi konulmas+na kadar
de0i,ebilmektedir. Bar+, koruma amaçl+ operasyonlar+n finansman+n+
küresel kamusal mal çerçevesinde geli,tirebilmek için yap+lan farkl+
öneriler bu çal+,mada tart+,+lm+,t+r.

Keywords

tüketimden, mahrum, rekabet

FINANCING OF THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE OPERATIONS AS A GLOBAL PUBLIC GOOD

Abstract

Peace has all the characteristics of pure public goods, such as
non-excludability and non-rivalry. While peace in national level is a
public good, peace in international level is a global public good which
should be financed accordingly.
In this study, first, characteristics of peace as a global public
good is investigated, then, how peace operations are financed in
United Nations (UN) is examined. Although, there have been
significant improvements on financing structure of UN peace
operations, it is still not very efficient and the current level of funding
for UN peace operations is inadequate. There is also a need for an
effective sanction for late payment of peacekeeping assessments. In
the literature, there have been many new ideas to finance peace
operations more effectively, ranging from insurance approach
(countries get insurance from UN) to applying some kind of arm trade
tax on countries. Suggestions to improve financing peacekeeping
operations as global public goods are also discussed in this study.

Keywords

FINANCING, UNITED, NATIONS

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