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The United States' action is completely consistent with the principles of the international responsibility to protect (R2P) people at risk of mass-atrocity crimes, which was embraced unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005.
The US military intervention touches all of R2P's bases of legality, legitimacy, and likely effectiveness in meeting its immediate objectives.
But many governments are concerned that R2P raises expectations that they will act, which could prove costly in terms of lives, military expenditure, and commercial priorities.
Some governments are also worried that R2P could be turned on them.
First, the agreement would have to define the relevant cases clearly - neither too widely nor too narrowly - and build on well-established R2P language.
But this did not appear to be a majority sentiment, nor did it stop anyone from engaging in lively discussion of how the R2P doctrine could be most effectively implemented in practice.
And the primary emphasis of the entire R2P enterprise should continue to be prevention of mass-atrocity crimes - both their occurrence and their recurrence.
If they do, it should not be viewed as a rearguard action designed to undermine the R2P norm, but rather an effort to assume co-ownership of it.