The desire for an organization that would help the international community “avoid future conflicts” and the recognized need for a global body that would “promote international economic and social cooperation” led the powerful states emerging from the rubble of WWII to develop the United Nations. The newly formed United Nations “represented an expression of hope for the possibilities of a new global security arrangement and for fostering the social and economic conditions necessary for peace …showed first 75 words of 3255 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3255 total…II III. UNISOM II -- a larger and more heavily armed force than a traditional peacekeeping contingent but smaller than UNITAF and lacking much of the heavy equipment and airpower brought by the US. Result: UN forces have succeeded in relieving much of the starvation but not in helping the Somalis to reestablish a national government or to end their internal strife. Relevant Approaches for Analysis: 1. Westphalian System v. Grotian Law 2. Rhetoric v. Actual Behavior