UN General Assembly
1993

States will, I am sure, also assume a special responsibility vis-à-vis the activities of the United Nations and, in particular, to contribute politically, militarily and financially to the implementation of the Council’s decisions. As my second point I wish to recall that Denmark has always participated actively in the peace-keeping operations of the United Nations. Consequently, it stands ready to discuss how to strengthen the Organization in the area of peace-keeping, peacemaking and preventive diplomacy. The Nordic countries intend to follow this question with particular interest with a view to putting forward proposals during this session of the Assembly. The deployment of a largely Nordic peace-keeping force in Macedonia is a concrete example of preventive deployment. In addition, Denmark is setting up a reaction brigade of 4,500 soldiers. They could be deployed in peace- keeping, peacemaking and humanitarian United Nations operations. We are ready to make part of that force available for the United Nations stand-by force arrangement. The stand-by force arrangement could be vital in improving the planning, reducing the lead-time and increasing the flexibility in the peace-keeping field.