During the wars in Croatia and Bosnia the UN was responsible for humanitarian assistance and also dedicated to peacemaking. Yet it was never able to use the former to advance the latter.
类似前南斯拉夫的情况则更为普遍。在克罗地亚与波斯尼亚的交火中，联合国负责当时的人道主义援助并致力于和平调解。但是人道主义援助并没有进一步实现和平调解。