The Left Party: Send a UN Force to Gaza

The Left Party demands that a peacekeeping or peace-enforcing UN mission be deployed in Gaza. "The form such a mission should take depends on the prevailing situation," the party writes in a motion.

» Updated: October 07 2024

» Published: October 06 2024

The Left Party: Send a UN Force to Gaza
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The Left Party emphasizes that the conditions for an agreement on a ceasefire look poor and that it is difficult to see how peace can be achieved without peace-promoting efforts. Furthermore, party leader Nooshi Dadgostar and six others from the party, who are behind the motion, write that the UN has a mandate to act militarily to force peace.

"Sweden should work for the establishment of an international peacekeeping and/or peace-enforcing force under UN mandate in Gaza", the party writes in the motion on measures in Gaza.

In the motion, Hamas' violence and the terrorist attack on Israel on October 7 last year are condemned, but the authors also emphasize that one war crime cannot justify another.

"Israel's response to the attacks is undoubtedly disproportionate and a collective punishment that affects civilians, in violation of humanitarian law", it states in the motion.

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UN's military interventions

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UN's military peacekeeping operations: Traditionally aim to protect an existing peace agreement. Based on three principles: consent from the conflict parties, impartiality, and that violence may only be used in self-defense.

Example: The UN's operation on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea 2000–2008.

UN's peace-enforcing operations: Have an extended mandate to use violence and threats of violence in order to force parties to comply with a peace agreement or to bring them to the negotiating table. The forces can act as a party to the conflict and do not need consent from the parties.

Example: The operation in Somalia 1993–1995 aimed at maintaining security to enable humanitarian aid to the country.

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