It describes six case studies illustrating how the conflict prevention tools have been successfully deployed to forestall conflicts. Preventive diplomacy must evolve to meet new challenges. This was the secretarygeneral s report on enhancing mediation and its support services to the council. Overview of united nations secretarygeneral ban kimoons. The report examines the opportunities and the challenges the united nations and its partners currently face in conducting preventive diplomacy in a changing political and security landscape. Preventive diplomacy is action to prevent disputes from arising between parties, to prevent existing disputes from escalating into conflicts and to limit the spread of the latter when they occur.
Delivering resultson the use of preventive diplomacy as a means to resolve ten sions and crises before they escalate. New undersecretary generalled office of counterterrorism endorsed by the. Special adviser and assistant secretarygeneral of civilian capacities to the united nations. On 9 september, the secretarygeneral circulated the report entitled preventive diplomacy. The mediation support unit, for example, can assist mediators by providing ideas, models, and proposals for. Preventive diplomacy in an age of genocide, terrorism, and nontraditional threats to. The secretary generals remarks to security council meeting on preventive diplomacy and transboundary waters during the time of my predecessor, the discussions between the governments of portugal and spain were extremely difficult. English 1148261 e 080911 1148261 preventive diplomacy. The secretarygenerals report, an agenda for peace, presented the following definition of the preventive diplomacy. The secretary generals remarks to security council. Ban noted that there are several reasons for the grow ing attention to preventive diplomacy.
Diplomats, particularly the united nations secretarygeneral, set the international standard for modeling preventive diplomacy. Upon taking office, secretarygeneral guterres called for a surge in diplomacy for peace, pointing to the comparative value of preventive diplomacy in addressing the risks of violent conflict worldwide. Bankun report noted that violent conflict is surging after. He makes regular visits to regional capitals and offers his good offices when necessary. In august, secretarygeneral ban kimoon issued a comprehensive report preventive diplomacy. This report was drafted by paul romita, ipi policy analyst at the time and now research analyst at security council report.
An agenda for peace preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and. The demand for preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, peacebuilding and mediation the core of. Preventive diplomacy can also involve directly mediating or facilitating between parties. Preventive diplomacy by intergovernmental organizations. November 2011 m dear colleagues, united states institute. Strengthening preventive diplomacy and multilateral. He has also submitted reports to the general assembly on preventive diplomacy. Mediation and preventive diplomacy are most effective when multiple actors work together, using their relative. Preventive diplomacy as a term in itself has the meaning of prevention of conflicts, internal and external, which means the prevention of conflicts within states, and between states as well. This was the firstever report on the use of preventive diplomacy. Dedicated to the memory of former secretary general dag hammarskjold, this report is the first one a secretary general has released specifically on preventive diplomacy.
Report of the secretarygeneral on the work of the organization following is the secretarygenerals report on the work of the organization a711. Preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peacekeeping, the most desirable and efficient employment of diplomacy is to ease tensions before they result in conflictor, if conflict breaks out, to act swiftly to contain it and resolve its underlying causes. The report shows that, thanks to you, 2017 was another year of successful resource. Since the end of the cold war the international community through international institutions has been focusing on preventive diplomacy. Delivering results, as requested by the presidential statement of 16 july 2010. Issue brief preventive diplomacy and mediation july 2011 in anticipation of the secretarygenerals report on preventive diplomacy and the coming security council debate in the fall, heightened attention has been paid to the topic of preventive diplomacy in 2011. Preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peacekeeping. Highlights of the secretarygenerals main initiatives. Preventive diplomacy may be performed by the secretarygeneral personally or through senior staff or specialized agencies and programmes, by the security council or the general assembly, and by regional organizations in cooperation with the united nations. But as i present to you our 2018 annual report on the multiyear appeal mya, i also cite them because they demonstrate what your voluntary contributions make possible. The august 2011 report of the secretarygeneral on preventive diplomacy see annex is the firstever report on this topic. The charter describes the secretary general as chief administrative.
Attention to the topic of conflict prevention has become heightened in recent years. At the same time, he outlined five priority areas for strengthening the use of preventive diplomacy. From the outset of my tenure as secretarygeneral, i have promoted the reinvigorated use of mediation and preventive diplomacy. Intercultural communication and diplomacy 245 this has not always been the case. Security council distr general 26 august 2011 original. Delivering results 2011 which highlighted the growth of preventive diplomacy and called for more predictable and generous financial support, enhanced capacity building and the formation of partnerships to strengthen the work of preventive diplomats. Report of the secretary general on the work of the. These agencies report annually to the economic and social. United nations activities in support of mediation summary in its resolution 70304, the general assembly requested the secretary general to submit a report to the assembly at its seventysecond session on united nations activities in support of mediation in the peaceful settle ment of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution. Preventive diplomacy may be performed by the secretary. The ga is responsible for creating an international environment conducive to prevention through normative development and can hold highlevel meetings on preventive diplomacy tools. Preventive diplomacy in the economic, social, human rights, and humanitarian fields 9. In september 2011 the office of the united nations secretarygeneral released its first report focused specifically on preventive. On 9 september, the secretary general circulated the report entitled preventive diplomacy.
601 144 294 793 562 409 1233 370 1487 868 743 806 863 951 34 18 529 1008 572 97 148 371 636 1183 96 1455 189 925 1041 304 299 1543 1605 178 379 1227 12 306 1263 1373 140 8 239