Peace enforcement

Only the United Nations, through its Security Council per Chapter VII of its charter, has the ability to authorize peace enforcement missions.

In both cases, a country invaded another as part of an illegal war of aggression, only to be repulsed by a UN military coalition.

Establishing Chapter VII of the UN Charter allows the UN Security Council to authorize military action when peace is threatened.

However, these measures failed, leading to the launch of Operation Desert Storm, a military coalition campaign to liberate Kuwait.

[8] The United Nations has proposed peace enforcement missions as a means to combat intrastate conflicts in countries such as Ethiopia, Cameroon, Sudan, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali.