Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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In the 1950s when there was a deployment under the "uniting for peace" resolution, it did not require the Security Council to agree to it. The General Assembly can authorise an international force. Can we have that confirmed? For example, it has been mentioned in relation to a potential force for the delivery of humanitarian aid. It has a higher bar - but is a potential one because it would not require consent - is the question of UNIFIL, perhaps, in terms of the General Assembly. Can the witnesses confirm that the General Assembly can authorise a force without the consent of the Security Council?