Editorial

Abstract

In September 1998 the Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch (Military Academy) in association with the Institute for Security Studies hosted a conference in commemoration of the first fifty years of United Nations peacekeeping. The increasing need for peacekeeping and peace-support operations, the ongoing conflicts in central Africa and the escalating call for African peacekeepers underlay the importance of bringing politicians, diplomats and academics together in Africa at this time.

Keywords

• Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch (Military Academy)
• Institute for Security Studies
• peacekeeping and peace-support operations
• ongoing conflicts in central Africa