ABSTRACT
This chapter reconsiders an argument frequently referred to in the literature, that the use of veto prevented the adoption of effective measures by the Security Council. 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. The general contention was that the Security Council's inability to invoke provisions of Chapter VII had been caused by disagreement between the superpowers during the Cold War. In various situations, the Security Council sought to combat aggression, protect human rights, restore democracy, demobilise armed factions, hunt warlords and combat international terrorism. The Security Council made two innovative rebuttals in the areas of internal democracy and international terrorism.
