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...United Nations has been in the peacekeeping business for most of its 47 years, but never has it undertaken anything quite so ambitious. Beginning this week, the world body will put 36,000 military and civilian personnel on the ground in Yugoslavia and Cambodia, charged with meeting goals that extend far beyond keeping antagonists from each other's throats. The U.N.'s blue helmets are supposed to disarm and disband combatants -- many still seething over real and imagined grievances -- and prepare the way for the return of hundreds of thousands of refugees. Nor is that all. They are also supposed...
...missions are more demanding and far riskier than any of the U.N.'s 23 previous peacekeeping assignments, nine of which are still ongoing. They are also far costlier. The 22,000-strong Cambodia enterprise carries a price tag of $1.9 billion over 15 months. In Yugoslavia, where hostilities continue to flare despite a formal cease-fire, the 14,000 troops begin with a one-year budget of $600 million, which is more likely to shrink than grow. But the commitment to protect Serbian enclaves in three war-ravaged areas of Croatia is open-ended, to allow for extensions...
...blue helmets actually ensure a durable peace in Yugoslavia and put Humpty-Dumpty together again in Cambodia? Or will they bog down guarding cease-fires indefinitely, as has happened in cases like Cyprus, where a U.N. team has been in place for 28 years without bringing the feuding sides any closer to reconciliation? Only within the diplomatic community is there guarded optimism that the absence of East-West tensions, coupled with the expressed will on all sides for the operations to proceed, will make for a successful outcome...
...Soviet Union -- are more or less friends. East and West Germany are one. Even North and South Korea have signed a treaty of reconciliation. Yes, much of the world remains as fractious as ever: the Khmer Rouge has followed Prince Sihanouk back to the haunted palaces of Cambodia, and Iraq occupies the place on the blacklist formerly reserved for its % archenemy Iran. But in a world where even South Africa is again part of the Olympic family, it may seem that the Olympic Games of 1992 are the first Games for a while that many are not regarding...
...burgeoning opportunities for the U.N. come cheap. This year's regular budget for the New York headquarters and core operations is $1.2 billion. The post-cold war boom in peacekeeping has led to eight major new operations since 1988, with costs projected to reach $1 billion this year. The Cambodia venture alone is expected to drain $1 billion-plus over the next two years, but that will be a bargain if it buys peace in that devastated land...