1. ‘In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All’, report of the UN Secretary-General, A/59/2005, 21 March 2005.
2. ‘Reinventing NATO: Does the Alliance Reflect the Changing Nature of Transatlantic Security?’, keynote address by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 24 May 2005, < www.nato.int/docu/speech/2005/s050524a.htm >. See also ‘Liberty as a Security Policy Challenge’, speech by NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the 35th ISC Symposium, 19 May 2005, < www.nato.int/docu/speech/2005/s050519b.htm >.
3. The publication of Annan’s report coincided with a broad international effort to assist the African Union (AU) with its mission in Darfur, involving close cooperation from the UN, the AU, NATO and the European Union.
4. Emphasis added. The system of stand-by arrangements is specifically designed for peacekeeping missions by and under the command of the UN. See D.A. Leurdijk (ed.), A UN Rapid Deployment Brigade: Strengthening the Capacity for Quick Response (The Hague: ‘Clingendael’, 1995).
5. For a comparison of the recommendations of the Panel and of Kofi Annan, see the ‘Draft Outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005’, Annex 1, A/59/L.70, 16 September 2005.