iR2P

A few weeks ago, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (a lifelong advocate of ‘humanitarian intervention’) invoked R2P when the Government of Burma/Myanmar appeared to be obstructing relief efforts in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. However, when the French Ambassador to the UN requested a briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation, even this [...]

From Security Council Report:
Following the cyclone that hit Myanmar on 2 May and Myanmar’s resistance to receiving the kind of international disaster assistance which has now become standard in response to devastating natural disasters, France brought the issue to the Council, invoking the concept of “responsibility to protect” as the basis for Council action. This [...]