Get Ready for the Era of Un interventionism

Since Indonesia is an important element of stability in Asia, no Asian country is likely to support separatist groups. So is United Nations intervention still a long way away?

December 31, 2002

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on United Nations members to get ready for a new era—that of UN interventionism. In his millennium address before the UN Security Council (UNSC) in September 2000, he warned council members that on behalf of the international community, they were morally obliged to take action against crimes against humanity.

Developing countries, said Muthiah Alagappa, are now being “me

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