The NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999 sparked a heated discussion about the concept and objectives of humanitarian intervention, the United Nations´ dilemma of protecting its members´ sovereignty as well as international human rights and the options to prevent abuses that could be associated with that kind of intervention. The question of right authority is part of that discussion. This paper proposes the creation of an intermediary permanent international committee within the United Nations designed to help the UN Security Council in the decision making process about conflict situations where humanitarian intervention seems necessary.