ABSTRACT

Peace enforcement is the original system of the United Nations Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security in the face of threats to peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of aggression. It represents the major improvement of the UN Charter on the League of Nations Covenant. These facts had widely been recognised,1 as the system derives its authority from an almost universal approval by the signatory states. However, the intentions of the founders were not satisfied during the Cold War and peace enforcement remained largely latent with no effect on various armed conflicts. This paradoxical situation has been procreated by a convergence of stubborn difficulties which continued to enfeeble the peace enforcement apparatus.