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Article: U.N. Aide Proposes Rapid-Reaction Unit; In Face of U.S. Congressional Opposition, Boutros-Ghali's Plan Appears to Have Little Chance
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- January 6, 1995
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Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, swimming against an anti-
U.N. tide in the new Republican-controlled Congress, called today for
governments to set up a rapid-reaction force under U.N. command to
respond to peacekeeping emergencies.
He also made his clearest admission to date that the United
Nations erred when it pushed its way into a shooting war in Somalia
in an effort to impose peace on warring clans. Boutros-Ghali said
future operations will cling more closely to the United Nations'
traditional neutral and noncombatant peacekeeping role.
In a position paper released today, Boutros-Ghali takes a second
look at his 1992 "Agenda for Peace," the strategic blueprint in which
he ...