The evolution of United Nations peacekeeping

Abstract

The following is an edited text of the Cyril Foster* lecture delivered by Marrack Goulding at the Examination Schools, Oxford University, on 4 March 1993. The text represents Marrack Goulding's views only, and in no way commits the United Nations or its Secretary-General. Mr Goulding ceased to be Under-SecretaryGeneralfor Peace-keeping Operations on 1 March 1993 before taking over the post of Under-Secretary-Generalfor Political Affairs. The lecture was a personal valedictory statement.