The United Nations: Towards Being an Effective World Policeman

Abstract

The United Nations has been reinvigorated by the end of the Cold War and its recent success in the Persian Gulf. Unfortunately its mechanisms remain essentially as they were in 1945. The United Nations simply does not have the procedural, financial, logistical, and military capabilities required to deal in a timely and effective manner with the many tasks that it faces in today's turbulent world. Change appears to be on the horizon. Indeed, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has provided a blueprint for change in his recently published An Agenda for Peace. The pace of change, however, is far too slow and the Secretary-General's recommendations do not go far enough. The author focuses on military operations conducted under the Charter of the United Nations and recommends changes in a number of key areas which, if introduced, would dramatically alter the United Nations ability to react and to become more effective in its role as the world's policeman.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 08, 1993
Accession Number
ADA263591

Entities

People

  • Walter M. Holmes

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Cold War
  • Combat Forces
  • Command And Control
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Financial Management
  • Foreign Policy
  • Intelligence Collection
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • New York
  • United States
  • War
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.