Lives lost, lessons to be learned: A look at holding the United Nations accountable in the post-cold war era a comparative analysis of Kosovo and East Timor

This thesis focuses on the crises that occurred in Kosovo and East Timor. The United Nations administrative governments that were established in both nations were of similar structure and mission. The UN Interim Administration was to provide lasting peace and a sustainable and self-sufficient society with its own government, institutions and judicial system. Internal and External factors shaped the eventuality of each case. This thesis digs deeper into the events and actors involved in shaping the emerging state. These factors undermined the United Nations interim government, stalling the status of one, while fully liberalizing the other. Kosovo and East Timor are two special cases that had different outcomes. Comparing each provides a glimpse of how the system of intervention in the international community works, and how multi-lateral diplomacy deals with the strong presence of super power states and their desire for global domination. In this thesis, these factors were considered in analyzing why each had a unique outcome. It provides a better perspective at how to analyze a crisis and manage the conflict. Reaching at a conclusion that proved each hypothesis true, this thesis accomplishes the goal of looking into how the United Nations must act and be accountable in international crises management and conflict resolution in the Post-Cold war era. Having many lives lost, the lessons to be learned are immensely valuable that there is no more time for errors. This thesis ends with a recommendation to the United Nations for institutional reform, and to the United Nations Security Council for an improved distribution of power and removal of the unseen concentration of leverage among the nations of the world