It is also easy to predict that donor governments will be looking carefully at the ever-growing expenditure on the United Nations’ 14 peacekeeping operations around the world. The total bill for all UN operations in the 12 months to mid-2008 reached $6.7 billion, about twice the level 15 years ago.
捐助政府将仔细审核联合国14项全球维和行动不断扩大的开支，这一点不难预测。截止2008年中的12个月内，所有联合国行动经费高达67亿美元，约为15年前的两倍。如果已经大大稀释的维和行动遭到削减，人们只能凭空想象后果会有多么严重。回想当年卢旺达种族灭绝发生之前，类似的对资助联合国行动缺乏热情的状况也曾经在那里出现。刚果和其他地区的最新进展表明我们没有沾沾自喜的空间。