1. 1UN Doc: A/59/565, Para. 272 (c), http://www.un.org/secureworld/report.pdf.
2. 2'Peace support operations'in this context describes a range of intervention activities, from civilian conflict prevention and peacebuilding through to military peace enforcement.
3. 3Since 1999, the Council has authorized missions in Burundi, Cte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia/Eritrea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The mission in Western Sahara has been ongoing since1991 .
4. 4UN DOCS : S120041650 and S120055157, UN website, http://www.un.org.
5. 5The plan was undermined by problems such as perceptions by African states of a lack of consultation with them and a failure to acknowledge the potential of regional bodies such as the now defunct Organization of African Unity (OAU).