Permanent United Nations Military Intervention Capability: Some Practical Considerations
Jun 2008, Vol. 153, No. 3
By Michael Codner
The development of a military intervention capability specifically owned by the United Nations (UN) has been a significant issue from the early days of the organisation. In 1948, the first Secretary General, Trygve Lie, proposed a small, dedicated ‘United Nations Legion’. The Military Staff Committee of the UN established in Article 45 of the UN Charter is the Security Council’s subsidiary body whose role is to plan UN military operations for envisaged forces provided at high levels of readiness by the five Permanent Members of the Security Council. These aspirations remained dormant because of the divisions of the Cold War. Today, there are no such vested interests arising from the ambitions or fears of great powers.
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By Michael Codner
The development of a military intervention capability specifically owned by the United Nations (UN) has been a significant issue from the early days of the organisation. In 1948, the first Secretary General, Trygve Lie, proposed a small, dedicated ‘United Nations Legion’. The Military Staff Committee of the UN established in Article 45 of the UN Charter is the Security Council’s subsidiary body whose role is to plan UN military operations for envisaged forces provided at high levels of readiness by the five Permanent Members of the Security Council. These aspirations remained dormant because of the divisions of the Cold War. Today, there are no such vested interests arising from the ambitions or fears of great powers.
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