"An Agenda for Peace"

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In 1992, at the invitation of the United Nations Security Council, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghali brought out a wide- ranging, thoughtful and ambitious document which he called "An Agenda for Peace". This defined the United Nations' policies for preventive diplomacy, peacekeeping and peacemaking and made a deep impact on the world in the 1990s. The document was also criticized for some of the UN's failures in the 1990s. This paper reviews the background and contents of the document in point form. It attempts to evaluate the document and its impact and concludes with a review of the aftermath of the document.

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Background
An Agenda For Peace: A Summary of Contents
Evaluation
Aftermath
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"The policy of intervention in internal conflicts without waiting for an invitation or consent of the parties and without a clear mandate proved to be a mistake in subsequent years and resulted in failure of missions to Somalia, Rwanda and Bosnia- Herzegovinia. Some dubbed "An Agenda for Peace" as "An Agenda for Failure".
It did not advocate proceeding with caution for settlement of conflicts. By 1997, it became clear that UN had to exercise caution before plunging headlong into various conflicts.
The document was seen by many nations as undermining Sovereignty and aggrandizing the powers of the U.N. The interventionist provisions were combatted by many non- aligned countries. The Big Five in the Security Council were eager to protect their prerogatives and not allow a greater role to the Organisation. This was manifested in their resistance to arbitration by the ICJ."

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