The fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations was commemorated in 1995 with a number of conferences and publications which assessed the history and contemporary role of this paramount international organisation.

List of Figures and Tables List of Acronyms Preface Introduction and Overview; Tom Woodhouse PART 1: CONTEXT: CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND THE UNITED NATIONS Thinking Ethically about Peacemaking and Peacekeeping; Charles W.Kegley Jr Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention in post-Cold War Conflict; Oliver Ramsbotham & Tom Woodhouse The United Nations, International Security and the National Interest; Gene M.Lyons An Arms Control Regime for the 21st Century; Malcolm Dando PART 2: CASES: THE PERFORMANCE OF THE UN IN RESPONDING TO CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT The Role of the United Nations in the Middle East; Amin Saikal The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia: the Restoration of Sovereignty; Carlyle A.Thayer Somalia: Lessons from the United Nations Experience; Samuel M.Makinda Europe and United Nations Peacekeeping; Josiane Tercinet PART 3: TOWARDS EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION: AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES Australian Approaches to Arms Control Issues in the United Nations; Peter Furlonger Building Peace Through the United Nations; David Purnell Structuring the Australian Defence Force for United Nations Operations: Change and Resistance; Graeme Cheeseman Economic Sanctions, Australian Policy and United Nations Peace Enforcement; Richard Leaver CONCLUSION: Ensuring Peace: the Future of the United Nations; Gareth Evans Index