Cannon Quietly Confirms Death of UN Force

Experts say the SHIRBRIG was doomed from the start due to lack of political and military will.

Published May 27, 2009

In the sombre aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, with questions of how and why echoing through the United Nations, a handful of nations busied themselves with drafting solutions for the next time such a crisis unfolded so rapidly.

Creating a rapid reaction force that could be immediately deployed by the UN whenever and wherever conflict was erupting and civilian populations were at great risk became a...

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