OTPIC Officially Retired    Conflict Research Consortium ARTICLE
SUMMARY  "Peacemaking Diplomacy: United Nations Good Offices in
Afghanistan"   William Maley  Citation: William Maley,
"Peacemaking Diplomacy: United Nations Good Offices in
Afghanistan," chap. in Building International Community, Kevin
Clements and Robin Ward, eds. (St. Leonards, Australia: Allen &
Unwin, 1994) pp. 250-254.   Use of UN good offices succeeded in
encouraging Soviet forces to withdraw from Afghanistan. However,
the UN has not succeeded in producing an internal settlement
between the warring Afghani factions. Maley examines the factors
which made UN good offices successful in the first instance, yet
ineffective in the latter.  In 1978 domestic communist groups
seized control of Afghanistan by military coup. The new
communist regime faced sharp opposition from rural population.
It attempted to suppress opposition by using terror tactics. In
1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and installed a
president of their own choosing. D