INR 3502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Member States Of The United Nations
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-peacekeeping: maintaining something that has already been agreed to by the parties. ~recent peace enforcement example: civil war in libya. *belief that president was about to enter the city and slaughter thousands of civilians, identified as a threat to peace and security so the security council can act. *authorized all un members to take any measures to protect all citizens from attack. *this allowed them to go in and fight (page 148 study this) ~helping interstate conflicts (intrastate/domestic conflicts are not in their power)