The tent cities internal administration is being turned over to the United Nations. But the U.N. unit is a civilian operation rather than a protective military unit. Clearly. it is vital to maintain miltary security in the refugee camps and the zones surrounding them. There are two ways to guarantee this security: keep allied and U.S. forces in place. or work to authorize an unprecedented U.N. military presence. The United Nations has not sent protective forces to a nation without a request from that country. But the circumstances in Iraq demand some new approaches in the United Nations. It is necessary to begin shaping new principles of law. These new principles should allow protection of refugees on the sovereign soil of a country. even without its agreement: First. by a U.N. protective force that is an adjunct to the civilian refugee administration. and second. where that refugee problem has been created as the result of a U.N. resolution authorizing the use of force against that country. If there is to be a new world order. it should begin in this place and at this time. along the IraqTurkey border with or without the agreement of Saddam Hussein. After too long a delay. the United States and the allied forces responded in an appropriate manner intervening to alleviate the massive suffering of the Kurdish people.
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