United Nations.- Today, the United Nations celebrates the 75th anniversary of its political missions that have played an essential role in preventing and resolving conflicts that cause deaths around the world.
This date commemorates the establishment of the first of these initiatives to mediate the conflict in Palestine in 1948. Since then, prevention in the midst of tensions has become one of the vital functions of the United Nations.
Under the slogan “Diplomacy for Peace,” a commemorative event will be held this Thursday at UN Headquarters to remember the first steps of one of its founding goals.
The current work of political missions, coordinated by the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, focuses mainly on five areas, including ensuring robust analysis and early warning, as well as preventing hostilities.
In addition, they are responsible for managing political crises and violent conflicts, maintaining peace, and strengthening alliances.
They support dialogue with the organization’s special envoys in areas of tension such as Yemen, Myanmar, Syria, Western Sahara, and the name dispute between Greece and Macedonia.
Other countries such as Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan. Or the conflicts between Israel and Palestine and the Colombian Verification Mission, they also receive advice and efforts from these programmes.
At the same time, some of these missions in the regional offices for Central Africa, West Africa and Central Asia have clear mandates on preventive diplomacy and strengthening the capacity of state and regional actors to manage sources of tension peacefully.
The work of the largest political forum on the planet in the field of conflict prevention includes a wide range of entities working in areas such as poverty eradication and development, human rights and the rule of law, elections and the consolidation of democratic institutions or arms control.
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