Mr. Speaker, in the last 24 hours the UN's mandate in the former Yugoslavia is being shifted from a focus on peacekeeping to aggressive peacemaking.
Britain has announced it will be sending 5,000 more troops. France is committing an aircraft carrier and helicopter gun
ships. The U.S. may contribute commandos to the conflict. The UN contact group has also endorsed a plan that would give UN soldiers the power to aggressively attack warring factions.
Does the government support shifting the UN mandate in this direction, shifts which will escalate military activity in the former Yugoslavia?