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specialists (civilian and military), as well as supporting services, materiel and<br />

equipment, and remain on stand-by in their home country. Certain levels of training,<br />

equipment and sustainability are mandated and the system is intended to provide at least<br />

a starting point for DPKO in identifying resources which might be called upon.<br />

The initiative began with a planning team instituted in 1993 when the first eight<br />

Member States joined the system (Chad, Ghana, Jordan, Netherlands, Poland, Sri<br />

Lanka, Spain and Syria). As at 1 Jul 2003 * , 82 Member States were formally members<br />

of the System (having signed the MOU as a statement of intent), with 25 of those<br />

having progressed to ‘Level One’ – provision of a list of capabilities – and a further 10<br />

having submitted initial planning data (‘Level 2’). 73 As of 2004, Jordan and Uruguay<br />

were the only Member States to have signed-up to a new Rapid Deployment Level –<br />

forces available within 30-90 days of signature of a Mandate – introduced in 2001.<br />

Small steps in the right direction though UNSAS might represent, it remains quite<br />

patently woefully inadequate in terms of capability, readiness (30-90 days from mandate<br />

signature even for the highest level of readiness), and certainty (none of the resources is<br />

guaranteed to be available – it is only an offer of what a Member State might make<br />

available should it so choose). Most importantly, UNSAS is available only for<br />

peacekeeping (Chapter VI) missions and so falls far short both of the Article 43<br />

capability envisioned by the Charter’s founders, and of the forces that Boutros-Ghali<br />

recognised as essential to ‘achieve the great objectives of the Charter’. (See p84).<br />

The means for enforcement of the legal paradigm is simply not available to the United<br />

Nations.<br />

2.2.3.2 Widespread Disregard for Article 2(4) in Fact.<br />

As a measure of states responsiveness to the legal paradigm on use of force it is perhaps<br />

worth just a passing glimpse at the actuality of use of force since the adoption of the UN<br />

* As at 1 Feb 08, this was the latest Status Report Available on the UN web site.<br />

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