International law on peacekeeping: A study of article 40 of the UN charter

"Human history demonstrates an endemic cycle of war and peace: war causing disastrous damage to human lives and peace meaning no more than an absence of war. At the end of the Cold War the world appeared to enter into a new age with the ostensible prospect for lasting peace. However, the chance for celebration was short-lived. h e changing political climate has posed new threats to international peace and security such as wide-spread intra-state con? icts, terrorist threats on an unprecedented scale, and the growing inclination towards unilateralism of US hegemony. h e drastic development of scienti? c technology, including nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, has posed a greater risk that armed con? icts could cause catastrophe to the human environment as well as human lives on a large scale. h e greatest security threats that we have ever faced necessarily alert us to the signi? cance of measures to prevent or curtail armed con? icts."