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Article: Setting a new agenda for the United Nations: Boutros Boutros-Ghali. (Keeping the Peace: Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-First Century) (Interview)
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- Journal of International Affairs
- Article date:
- January 1, 1993
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Since taking office in January 1992, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has attempted to redifine the role of the United Nations in peacekeeping, peacemaking and preventive diplomacy. An Agenda for Peace outlines his plan for expanding U.N. capability and includes recommendations for increased funding, a standby U.N. army and greater autonomy for his position. The Secretary-general has expressed his desire to see all of these areas effectively addressed by the end of his tenure, which coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations in 1995.
On 11 February 1993, members of the Journal editorial board interviewed the Secretary-general at ...