The UN is an international organisation which has its roots dating as far back as 1917, when its predecessor was called the League of Nations. Concerned states met in Geneva around 1940 to craft a way-forward for the weakened League, thereby agreeing to form a new international organisation, the UN at the end of the Second World War (WWII). The UN adopted its founding document, referred to as the UN Charter of 1945. The main purpose of the UN is the maintenance of international peace and security. Peacekeeping is an adaptation of the provisions of Chapter 1, article 2 of the UN Charter, which vests the organisation with the mandate to work towards a world free from wars and other violent conflicts. In recent years, UN peacekeeping missions have been associated with gross human rights violations, resulting from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers themselves. This dissertation examines selected cases in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Sudan, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Somalia, Sierra-Leone and Ivory Coast, as much as they may be relevant to the thrust of the study. Although there is broad consensus in the international community that erring members of the peacekeeping forces be held accountable, what remains particularly problematic is that innocent civilian lives are being destroyed through self-interest, lust, dysfunctional local legal systems, lack of uniform rules of conduct and misconduct, lack of effective investigative systems in host countries, and lack of effective planning systems by victims, among other factors. The study makes a modest attempt at addressing these critical challenges on the accountability of UN peacekeeping forces in the 21st century context. / Thesis (Phd) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2015

Thesis (M.S. in Information Systems and Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Raymond Buettner, Thomas Moore. Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-161). Also available online.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Potvin, Lisa ; Gates, Bill. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on February 2, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71). Also available in print.

Project (D. Min.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-135).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1960. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-72).

Most gatekeeping studies involve evaluating journalists and editors with years of media writing experience to determine how they are influenced by gatekeeping forces. While many universities publish a campus newspaper that is written and edited by the students, no research was found analyzing the impact that gatekeeping has on student newspaper publications. Therefore, this study attempted to measure the influence of gatekeeping forces on student reporters and student editors who work on university newspaper publications. Data was collected through a web-based questionnaire that measured the influence of individual and routine gatekeeping forces. A convenient sample size of N = 42 was used to gather information about how students perceived a news story's level of newsworthiness. Results of this study indicated that particular routine forces of news media actions and influences of newsworthiness were more significant than other forces and significant relationships exist among certain individual and routine forces. This study also looked at how news media job titles can determine the level of importance and influence of gatekeeping forces on news stories before reaching the final destination of publishing. Results indicated that significant differences exist in routine gatekeeping forces when compared to university student job title.

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Mehay, Stephen L. Second Reader: Eitelberg, Mark J. "June 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on 19 October 2009. DTIC Identifier(s): Officer personnel, naval personnel, manpower, mathematical prediction, statistical analysis, medical personnel, demography, labor markets. Author(s) subject terms: Officer supply models, regression analysis, applications, new contracts, accessions, officer recruiting. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-84). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2005. / Principal faculty advisor: Krzysztof Szalewicz, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. Includes bibliographical references.

published_or_final_version / Comparative Asian Studies / Master / Master of Arts