The participants in the deliberations that resulted in New Power, New Responsibility split on this question. Some argued for an absolute requirement of Security Council authorization, while others recognized an imperative to contemplate humanitarian intervention without such authorization in “very narrowly defined exceptional cases.”
在审议《新大国、新责任》的观点时，在这一问题上形成了分歧。一些人认为安理会授权是必不可少的绝对条件，也有人认为在没有授权的情况下出于权宜之计进行人道主义干预可以成为“严格定义的例外情形”。