Friends Indeed? : The United Nations, Groups of Friends, and the Resolution of Conflict

Foreword by Chester A. Crocker ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. At Cold War's End: Peacemaking and the Emergence of Groups 19 2. The First Friends: Friends of the Secretary-General for El Salvador 51 3. Friends and the "Ripening" of Peace in Guatemala 79 4. Principal Friend: The United States and the Long Haul in Haiti 105 5. The Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict: Friends and the Anomaly of Russia 135 6. Self-Determination and Realpolitik: The Story of Western Sahara 165 7. East Timor and the Core Group: A Question of Timing 191 8. Groups and the Variable Geometry of UN Peacemaking 223 9. Conclusions 259 Appendix The United Nations' Groups of Friends and Other Mechanisms 285 Notes 297 Index 381 About the Author 429