Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2017
* [Reproduced from the text provided to International Legal Materials by the U.S. Department of State. The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by David J. Scheffer, Senior Adviser and Counsel to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[A statement on peacekeeping, made by a U.S. Department of Defense representative on April 13, 1994,appears, at 33 I.L.M. 814 (1994); a statement on the legal authority for UN peace operations, made by the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State on March 3, 1994, appears at 33 I.L.M. 821 (1994).]