This seems to be good news. The article talks about how the UN has learned from its mistakes of the past in the realm of peacekeeping. The article talks a lot about Congo, because it is the largest of the UN's peacekeeping missions, with 16,500 soldiers.
The peacekeepers in Haiti, as well, are using Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, which allows them to protect their soldiers or innocent civilians by using force. Peace missions in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Burundi and Ivory Coast - each with its own rules of engagement - have also moved well beyond the traditional notion of peacekeeping in which blue helmets occupy a neutral zone between former combatants.
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