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To: microhoogle! who wrote (33902)8/31/2000 3:11:21 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769667
 
britannica.com

As conflicts arose in other parts of the world, such as the discord between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the UN sent groups of observers and lightly armed military forces. In 1956 Dag Hammarskjöld, then UN secretary-general, outlined the guidelines for future employment of peacekeeping forces: permission of all disputing parties is required before intervention; negotiation and persuasion are to be used instead of violence; only the UN Security Council may give orders to the Peacekeeping Forces......

It is usually smaller countries, who regard it as a way of enhancing their role in the UN. Besides, countries like the US and UK are already subject to substantial deployments in support of treaty obligations like NATO.......