1 The volume also includes a short documentary appendix of relevant excerpts from the Charter, UN preparatory discussions, resolutions, and papers addressing procedures for selecting the secretary general.

2 During the Korea crisis in 1950, the General Assembly passed the “Uniting for Peace Resolution,” which permitted the Assembly to request actions to secure peace and security where a veto or threat of veto blocks Council action. Hammerskjöld was able to invoke this power during the Suez crisis in 1956, creating the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) and a precedent for blue helmet operations—”Chapter VI 1/2”—that fall halfway between the pacific dispute resolution of Chapter VI and the enforcement actions of Chapter VII.

3 One excellent study of the United Nations’ effectiveness in postconflict peace building is James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, Andrew Rathmell, Brett Steele, Richard Teltschik, & Anga Timilsina, The UN’s Role In Nation Building: From The Congo To Iraq (Feb. 2005), at <http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG304.pdf>.

4 See, e.g., Jose, Alvarez The Schizophrenias of R2P , ASIL Newsletter, Summer 2007, at 1Google Scholar (arguing that “[w]e should be cautious about turning [responsibility to protect] from political tool to legal principle”).

5 See David, M. Kennedy The Dark Side Of Virtue (2003).Google Scholar

6 James, Traub The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan And The Un In The Era Of American World Power (2006).Google Scholar