31.   Expanding the size of the multinational force would require action by the U.N. Security Council, which gave the mandate for the existing force.

32.   German planes now defend American airspace as part of a multinational force on the eastern seaboard.

33.   He noted that to help bring about that peace, Afghan leaders have not opposed deployment of a multinational peacekeeping force in Kabul and other cities.

34.   He declined to predict when the United States would have enough information to know if the multinational force should intervene there.

35.   He proposed that the task be given to another multinational force, which NATO and the United States are assembling.

36.   He recommended that a multinational force led by Muslim countries intervene as soon as they could be assembled.

37.   He stressed, however, that the Clinton administration opposed withdrawal of UNPROFOR and hoped that the U.S. commitment might encourage the multinational force to remain in place.

38.   His calls for a multinational force went unheeded, however.

39.   In that mission, feuding Somali clans initially welcomed a U.S.-led multinational peacekeeping force sent in to ensure humanitarian supply deliveries.

40.   In the Gulf War, Japan stood out among the allies in terms of providing financial support to multinational forces.