Delivering results, as requested by the presidential statement of 16 july 2010. Preventive diplomacy by intergovernmental organizations. At the same time, he outlined five priority areas for strengthening the use of preventive diplomacy. He has also submitted reports to the general assembly on preventive diplomacy. From the outset of my tenure as secretarygeneral, i have promoted the reinvigorated use of mediation and preventive diplomacy. He makes regular visits to regional capitals and offers his good offices when necessary. These agencies report annually to the economic and social. The secretary generals remarks to security council. Semantic scholar extracted view of an agenda for peace. Mediation and preventive diplomacy are most effective when multiple actors work together, using their relative. November 2011 m dear colleagues, united states institute. The demand for preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, peacebuilding and mediation the core of.
Preventive diplomacy in the economic, social, human rights, and humanitarian fields 9. 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. 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. Since the end of the cold war the international community through international institutions has been focusing on preventive diplomacy. Preventive diplomacy can also involve directly mediating or facilitating between parties. Report of the secretarygeneral on the work of the organization official records seventysecond session. On 9 september, the secretary general circulated the report entitled preventive diplomacy. 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 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.
Security council distr general 26 august 2011 original. Preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peacekeeping. 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. On 9 september, the secretarygeneral circulated the report entitled preventive diplomacy.
Attention to the topic of conflict prevention has become heightened in recent years. Overview of united nations secretarygeneral ban kimoons. 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. It describes six case studies illustrating how the conflict prevention tools have been successfully deployed to forestall conflicts. Bankun report noted that violent conflict is surging after. The ga is responsible for creating an international environment conducive to prevention through normative development and can hold highlevel meetings on preventive diplomacy tools. Focusing specifically on diplomatic action taken to prevent or mitigate the spread of armed conflict, the report describes the relevance of preventive.
In august, secretarygeneral ban kimoon issued a comprehensive report preventive diplomacy. The august 2011 report of the secretarygeneral on preventive diplomacy see annex is the firstever report on this topic. The report notes that such activities can be undertaken by the secretarygeneral in his good offices role or by regional arrangements, without the authorization of the security council. Delivering resultson the use of preventive diplomacy as a means to resolve ten sions and crises before they escalate. The report shows that, thanks to you, 2017 was another year of successful resource. 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. Highlights of the secretarygenerals main initiatives. Strengthening preventive diplomacy and multilateral. 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. Report of the secretary general on the work of the. The charter describes the secretary general as chief administrative.
Preventive diplomacy and the southern sudan independence referendum 201011. This was the secretarygeneral s report on enhancing mediation and its support services to the council. 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. Ban noted that there are several reasons for the grow ing attention to preventive diplomacy. United nations undersecretary general for political affairs. Intercultural communication and diplomacy 245 this has not always been the case.
The mediation support unit, for example, can assist mediators by providing ideas, models, and proposals for. Special adviser and assistant secretarygeneral of civilian capacities to the united nations. New undersecretary generalled office of counterterrorism endorsed by the. Diplomats, particularly the united nations secretarygeneral, set the international standard for modeling preventive diplomacy. 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. Secretarygeneral ban detailed the growing importance of this practice and its recent accomplishments. This was the report of the secretarygeneral, the united nations and conflict prevention. 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. The secretarygenerals report, an agenda for peace, presented the following definition of the preventive diplomacy. Report of the secretarygeneral on the work of the organization following is the secretarygenerals report on the work of the organization a711. 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.
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