Arguably, the “droit d’ingerence” served as the inspiration for much of the so-called “humanitarian intervention” in the Balkans and in Africa in the 1990’s. Kouchner’s stance also set the stage for the United Nations’ adoption of the still more interventionist doctrine of the “responsibility to protect” – a call for outside military force to prevent genocide or widespread human rights abuses – during the secretary-generalship of Kofi Annan.