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Using qualitative research methods and the theories of international relations, the role of regional organisations in the United Nations conflict resolution politics in maintaining peace and security in the world is considered. Viewing the case study of the first years of the Syrian war (2011-2013) and an excursus on the Libyan conflict (2011), this paper attempts to show in how far regional organisations, as the African Union and the League of Arab States played parts in cooperating with the United Nations to handle the situations in their respective regions.

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Angelika Köpf, born 1989 in Carinthia, studied at the University of Vienna Political Sciences and South Asian Studies. She gained experiences in national and international relations as trainee in the Austrian foreign office, in the federal state government and collaborating at different projects of the University of Vienna and the United Nations.

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