A Difficult Peace: The UN and the Challenges of Modern Peacekeeping

... single geographical location. Instead, the problems are societal. The root causes of conflict are political, economic, social. Peacekeepers are thus expected to build up state capacity, help it provide security and maintain public order, to strengthen the ... ... (SSR), which seeks to rebuild military, police, and justice institutions, to holding elections and getting rid of landmines. MONUSCO, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the biggest currently in existence, is an illustrative ...