Abstract Self-determination campaigns remain a critical cause of ethno-linguistic conflicts and resultant humanitarian crises in many countries in Africa and other parts of the world. While the United Nations (UN), its agencies, and the international community at large are ever ready to intervene in humanitarian crises arising from self-determination conflicts, it has remained difficult to adopt criteria and procedures to proactively decide and resolve self-determination campaigns in a way that encourages non-violent approaches, and to nip violent approaches to self-determination agitation in the bud. This article argues that the role of the UN in the maintenance of international peace and security should include adopting certain criteria for implementing its declarations relating to the right to self-determination. The article avers that such measures would better enhance peace and nation-building in Africa than the current approach of non-action, which consists of waiting to intervene in ethno-linguistic conflicts and the consequent humanitarian crises. The article is based on the use of documentary data and desk research.

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联合国、国际组织的政治经济学和管理非洲的自决斗争

摘要 在非洲和世界其他地区的许多国家，自决运动仍然是民族语言冲突和由此产生的人道主义危机的一个关键原因。尽管联合国（UN）及其机构和整个国际社会随时准备干预自决冲突引起的人道主义危机，但仍然难以采用标准和程序来主动决定和解决自决运动以鼓励非暴力方法的方式，并将暴力方法扼杀在萌芽状态。本文认为，联合国在维护国际和平与安全方面的作用应包括采用某些标准来执行其与自决权有关的声明。文章主张，与目前的不采取行动（包括等待干预民族语言冲突和随之而来的人道主义危机）相比，此类措施将更好地促进非洲的和平与国家建设。本文基于文献数据和案头研究的使用。