ABSTRACT
Much of the discussions about the broadening and enhancement of peace-keeping operations taking place in academic and policy-making circles stems from the publication of An Agenda for Peace, a report of the United Nations Secretary General on “ways of strengthening and making more efficient within the framework and provisions of the Charter the capacity of the United Nations for preventive diplomacy, for peacemaking and for peace-keeping.” 1 Indeed, upon its publication last year the report generated a great deal of enthusiasm through its suggestion that “the improvement in relations between States east and west affords new possibilities, some already realized, to meet successfully threats to common security.” 2
