Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Destexhe, Alain

Titel

Holding Humanitarianism Hostage: The Politics of Rescue

Ist Teil von

• Ethics & international affairs, 1997-03, Vol.11 (1), p.141-143

Ort / Verlag

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The intervention in the former Yugoslavia is a clear example of the ways in which humanitarian intervention is often deeply complicated by political concerns. Destexhe expands upon the discussion of the humanitarian mission in Bosnia begun in “ The Politics of Rescue,” stating that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in choosing a humanitarian route rather than a political one, further enabled ethnic cleansing and prolonged the conflict in the Balkans. Destexhe concludes, in agreement with Pasic and Weiss, that a strict humanitarian approach that ignores deeper political problems will only prolong such conflicts and lead to cynicism toward future humanitarian efforts.