USA Africa Dialogue Series - The UN Security Council and Conflict Prevention: A Primer

In September 2011, the office of the UN Secretary-General released its first report focused specifically on preventive diplomacy; the report was subsequently discussed at the Security Council. This paper aims to contribute to these ongoing discussions by providing a primer on the UN's work on conflict prevention and ideas for improvement.
This report seeks to answer the following questions:

• What is conflict prevention, and what is its relationship to the work of the Security Council?
  
• What elements of the UN Charter undergird the council's conflict-prevention activities?
  
• What is the historical background of the council's conflict-prevention work?
  
• What are its recent activities in this area?
  
• Why has the council been focusing its attention on prevention at this particular moment?
  
• What are some of the challenges to the prevention work of the UN in general and the council in particular?
  
• What are some ideas for improving the council's work on conflict prevention?
  

http://www.ipinst.org/media/pdf/publications/e_pub_conflictprevention_oct2011.pdf 

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