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"The nature of wars has changed and the dangers are also higher," said Mr. Annan, who was head of peacekeeping at the United Nations before becoming secretary general.

Ms. Rice dug new ground with the idea that the American military should be reserved for war-fighting, in the Persian Gulf or the Pacific, while the weaker European forces should concentrate on peacekeeping at home.

"It is now the goal of our force to preserve the stability and peace in Freetown," said Bernard Miyet, the United Nations under secretary general for peacekeeping, at the end of a two-day visit to Sierra Leone.

Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan, who was head of UN peacekeeping at the time, offered half-hearted apologies for their failure to save the Tutsis, premised on the lie that they did not know.

"The attack on Malakal PoC again raises concerns about armed actors' respect for the camps' sanctity and about Unmiss's ability to provide robust protection," said Matt Wells, senior advisor on peacekeeping at Center for Civilians in Conflict, an organisation that conducted its own investigation into the incident.

"Discussions are clearly going on,'' said William B. Taylor, a West Point-educated Army officer and former ambassador who is an expert on conflict termination and peacekeeping at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Toward Global Understanding JUNE 2 -- Harry Belafonte will present Archbishop Desmond Tutu with an award for peacekeeping work at a dinner at the Manhattan Center, 311 West 34th Street (Eighth Avenue), to benefit the Interfaith Center.

He was, at different times, a consultant on peacekeeping financing at the United Nations in New York and chief dealer at Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited (now Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, a member of the Standard Bank Group).

But the depth and breadth of his experience give him an authority that is hard to assail.Mr Sheehan won a Green Beret serving with American Special Forces, commanded a hostage-rescue unit in Panama and worked at the United Nations on peacekeeping and at America's National Security Council.

A native of Niles, Ohio, the sergeant was a weapons squad leader assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg, N.C., and was serving with American peacekeeping forces at the time of the killing.

China now ranks the first among developing countries in terms of peacekeeping assessment at the U.N., and it is the biggest contributor of peacekeepers among the Permanent 5 members of the Security Council.