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 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1837 as an alternative to direct United Nations involvement in such operations. (4) A summary of progress made by the United States, in consultation with other nations, to develop doctrine for peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations and plans to conduct exercises with other nations for such purposes. (5) Proposals for criteria for determining whether to commence new peacekeeping missions, including, in the case of any such mission, criteria for determining the threat to international peace to be addressed by the mission, the precise objectives of the mission, the costs of the mission, and the proposed endpoint of the mission. (6) The principles, criteria, or considerations guiding decisions to place United States forces under foreign command or to decline to put United States forces under foreign command. (7) Proposals to establish opportunities within the Armed Forces for voluntary assi^ment to duty in units designated for assignment to multinational peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions. (8) Proposals to modify the budgetary and financial policies of the United Nations for peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions, including— (A) proposals regarding the structure and control of budgetary procedures; (B) proposals regarding United Nations accounting procedures; and (C) specific proposals— (i) to establish a revolving capital fund to finance the costs of starting new United Nations operations approved by the Security Council; (ii) to establish a requirement that United Nations member nations pay one-third of the anticipated firstyear costs of a new operation immediately upon Secu- \ rity Council approval of that operation; \ (iii) to establish a requirement that United Nations ^ member nations be charged interest penalties on late payment of their assessments for peacekeeping or peace enforcement missions; (iv) regarding possible sources of international revenue for United Nations peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions; (v) regarding the need to lower the United States peacekeeping assessment to the same percentage as the United States assessment to the regular United Nations budget; and (vi) regarding a revision of the current schedule of pa3rmente per servicemember assigned to a peacekeeping mission in order to bring payments more in line with costs. (9) Proposals to establish a small United Nations Rapid Deplo^ent Force under the direction of the United Nations Security Council in order to provide for quick intervention in disputes for the purpose of preventing a larger outbreak of hostilities. (10) Proposals for reorganization of the United Nations Secretariat to provide improved management of peacekeeping

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