Post-Cold War United Nations
kofi annan, secretary-general 1997 2006 after cold war, un saw radical expansion in peacekeeping duties, taking on more missions in ten years had in previous 4 decades. between 1988 , 2000, number of adopted security council resolutions more doubled, , peacekeeping budget increased more tenfold. un negotiated end salvadoran civil war, launched successful peacekeeping mission in namibia, , oversaw democratic elections in post-apartheid south africa , post-khmer rouge cambodia. in 1991, un authorized us-led coalition repulsed iraqi invasion of kuwait. brian urquhart, under-secretary-general 1971 1985, later described hopes raised these successes false renaissance organization, given more troubled missions followed. though un charter had been written prevent aggression 1 nation against another, in 1990s un faced number of simultaneous, serious crises within nations such somalia, haiti, mozambique, , former yugoslavia. un mission in somalia viewed failure after withdrawal following casua...