 What is special about this particular UN mission?
The UN Inspector Corps had been founded to enforce the Nuclear Disarmament Treaty of 1966. Trained to use small arms and gas weapons, they guarded certain borders, bodyguarded diplomats and UN officials, even put down riots that threatened international peace. As the UN evolved into a strong world government, the UN Inspector Corps steadily acquired new powers. One power implied in the UN Charter no Secretary General or Inspector General had ever tried to use. He began a propaganda war against neighboring South Africa, promising the liberation of that strife-torn land. China called the uproar a vicious slur on a new African nation. The United States and Russia, trying not to get entangled, asked for more investigation by the UN.
 It was the first attempt at using a specific power.
 It was the first political mission with Americans on the team.  It was the first high-profile mission in Africa.  It was the first attempt at using a specific power.  It was the first mission specifically oriented at avoiding nuclear war.