Mobilizing the political will of member nations to quickly send peacekeepers in support of a mission is also necessary.

He used this influence to urge the Martin government to send peacekeepers to Darfur.

We have sent peacekeepers into places before and it has ended in tragedy.

And the United Nations has never been willing to send peacekeepers on election duty without a local request.

In both, outsiders are being called on by the warring parties to send peacekeepers.

There are many other countries that can send peacekeepers before Germany.

To that end, the British have sent peacekeepers (and more recently, artillery units to protect them).

At the same time, Washington offered to send peacekeepers to Bosnia only if a comprehensive settlement was reached.

One official cited a poll that found only 10 percent of respondents want to go beyond sending peacekeepers.

It could also insist on such assurances every time it agreed to send peacekeepers for an individual mission.