<p><strong>Box 1.1&nbsp;The 2005 World Summit and Peace Operations </strong></p><p>The 2005 World Summit adopted (and in some cases adapted) a number of recommendations made by the Secretary-&nbsp;• Support for the European Union and&nbsp;address the recurrent problem of the need capability for the policing component of&nbsp;that the UN establish a strategic reserve </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">UN peacekeeping missions. </li><li style="flex:1">for peacekeeping—an idea designed to </li></ul><p>General’s High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change and by the Secretary-General himself in his report <em>In </em>other regional entities’ efforts to de-&nbsp;to bolster the defensive and offensive velop capacities for rapid deployment&nbsp;capacity of peacekeeping forces in the </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">and standby arrangements. </li><li style="flex:1">face of hostility. The design of a strategic </li></ul><p><em>Larger Freedom, </em>which was designed to&nbsp;• Support&nbsp;for the development and imple-&nbsp;reserve is similar to that of “over-thebuild on previous reforms of peacekeeping. Among the main conclusions of the summit were: mentation of a ten-year plan for capac-&nbsp;horizon” reserve forces commonly used </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ity building with the African Union. </li><li style="flex:1">in national deployments. However, the </li></ul><p>• A&nbsp;call on regional organizations with ca-&nbsp;summit did urge further development of pacity for the prevention of armed con-&nbsp;“enhanced rapidly deployable capacities flict or peacekeeping to consider placing&nbsp;to reinforce peacekeeping operations in these capacities in the framework of the&nbsp;times of crisis.” <br>• Recognition&nbsp;of the “vital role” played by peacekeeping in helping parties to end conflict. </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">UN Standby Arrangements System. </li><li style="flex:1">The summit also adopted a care- </li></ul><p>• The need to mount operations with adequate capacity to counter hostilities and fulfill effectively their mandates. <br>• Endorsement&nbsp;of the creation of an initial standing policy capacity to provide co- <br>• A&nbsp;reaffirmation of the commitment to&nbsp;fully but strongly worded “responsibility the protection of children in situations&nbsp;to protect populations from genocide, </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">of armed conflict. </li><li style="flex:1">war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes </li></ul><p>against humanity.” <br>The summit did not adopt in whole herent, effective, and responsive startup&nbsp;the High-level Panel’s recommendation </p><p><em>Source: </em>UN General Assembly, Resolution 60/1, <em>2005 W o rld Summit Outcome, </em>NY: 20 September 2005. </p>