Effects of Poor Funding on the United Nations Security Council Humanitarian Intervention in Sudan (2003 – 2018)
- October 6, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Political Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue IX, September 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Umanah, Saturday Brendan, Prof. Mike C. Oddih
Department of Political Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Abstract: The research was on effects of poor funding on United Nations Security Council humanitarian intervention in Sudan. The specific objective of the study was to determine the extent to which poor funding affected the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) humanitarian intervention in Sudan from 2003-2018. In line with this objective, the researcher sourced for data from relevant textbooks, previous research works, journals, newspapers and video clips obtained from institutions like office of the United Nations Organization in Nigeria, libraries, internet services and military formations in Nigeria. Relevant literature to this study were duly reviewed while the three Grotian theories of humanitarian intervention were found very suitable for the research. Based on the qualitative nature of the research, data collated for the study were duly tested and analyzed using textual presentation and analysis. The research confirmed that the dwindling financial contributions to the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) by donor countries and agencies from $172.3million in 2006 to a paltry $36.3 million in 2017 had been one of the major factors that undermined the success of the humanitarian mission in Sudan. The study therefore recommends that the UNSC should mobilize other critical stakeholders to make meaningful financial commitment to ensure the success of the humanitarian mission in Sudan.
Keywords: Funding, United Nations Security Council, humanitarian intervention, Grotian Theories, Sudan Humanitarian Fund.
I. INTRODUCTION
In 2003, some militias notably the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) engaged the Omar-al Bashir government of Sudan in an armed conflict over allegations of marginalization of southern Sudan in allocation of resources and political appointments. The government of Sudan, in attempt to repeal the insurgency, allegedly funded an Arab based militia, the Janjaweed, to fight on its behalf. The crisis resulted in the destruction of several lives and properties as well as displacements of millions of people. This attracted the attention of international community who, through African Union and United Nations Security Council, intervened in the crisis even from its onset to save lives and properties as well as prevent the escalation of the crisis.
