As the sixtieth anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approaches, this issue of the RUSI Journal considers the challenges peacekeepers face in keeping order and upholding the Declaration in missions. Major General Patrick Cammaert, who gave the annual Folke Bernadotte Memorial Lecture at RUSI this May, offers a first-hand account of his UN command in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Michael Codner pursues the theme of UN capability and offers practical considerations for a standing UN intervention force. Hew Strachan starts our extensive section on future British defence policy by probing the dilemma faced by government in providing the armed forces with the requisite capabilities for the policies it adopts. The debate generated by Gwyn Prins and Lord Salisbury's article in the February 2008 issue of the Journal continues with a discussion by Jonathan Eyal, Sebastian Payne and Hugh Berrington on Parliament in British security policy.
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