UN Documents for Conflict Prevention and Mediation
Selected Security Council Resolutions | View All |
27 April 2016 S/RES/2282 | This was a concurrent resolution with the General Assembly on the review of the UN peacebuilding architecture. |
21 August 2014 S/RES/2171 | This resolution requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Council on actions taken to “promote and strengthen conflict prevention tools within the United Nations system” by 31 August 2015. |
16 April 2014 S/RES/2150 | This was a resolution calling on all states to prevent and fight against genocide, and other serious crimes under international law, reaffirming the principle of responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, and underscoring the importance of taking into account lessons learned from the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed. |
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements | View All |
16 November 2021 S/PRST/2021/23 | This emphasised the importance of a comprehensive approach to sustaining peace, recognised the contribution of the UN’s principal organs to the maintenance of international peace and security, and expressed its continued commitment to fostering regular interactions with other principal organs, in accordance with their respective mandates, on matters relating to preventive diplomacy tools and mechanisms. |
9 November 2021 S/PRST/2021/22 | The statement reaffirmed the links between development, peace and security, and human rights – the three pillars of the UN system. It further noted that exclusion and inequality may have an effect as aggravating factors in situations considered by the Council and emphasised that inclusivity is key to advancing national peacebuilding processes and objectives. The negotiations on the draft presidential statement were not easy, despite the fact that the text is based largely on agreed language. |
18 January 2018 S/PRST/2018/1 | This was a presidential statement on conflict prevention stating that a comprehensive conflict prevention strategy should include early warning, preventive deployment, mediation, peacekeeping, non-proliferation, accountability measures, and post-conflict peacebuilding, recognising that these components are interdependent, complementary and non-sequential. |
Selected Secretary-General's Reports | View All |
5 August 2021 A/75/982 | This was the Secretary-General's report Our Common Agenda. |
25 September 2015 S/2015/730 | This was the report of the Secretary-General, "the United Nations and conflict prevention: a collective recommitment". |
26 August 2011 S/2011/552 | This was the first-ever report on the use of preventive diplomacy. |
Selected Security Council Letters | View All |
31 May 2024 A/78/902-S/2024/430 | This was a letter from Japan containing a summary of the open debate held on 13 and 19 March on “Promoting conflict prevention – empowering all actors including women and youth” under the agenda item "Peacebuilding and sustaining peace”. |
12 August 2022 S/2022/617 | This letter transmitted the concept note for the Security Council briefing on “Maintenance of international peace and security: promote common security through dialogue and cooperation”, which was held on 22 August 2022. |
19 October 2021 S/2021/888 | This was the concept note for the open debate on “Peace and security through preventive diplomacy: a common objective to all the principal organs of the United Nations”. |
Selected Security Council Meeting Records | View All |
13 March 2024 S/PV.9574 | This was a Security Council open debate on conflict prevention held under the Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace agenda item with briefings by Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo; Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Ambassador Sérgio França Danese (Brazil); Professor of the Practice of International Politics at Tufts University Abiodun Williams; and Programme Manager at the Pacific Women Mediators Network Sharon Bhagwan Rolls. |
22 August 2019 S/PV.8602 | The Council held a briefing on the 18 August intermediate-range cruise missile test conducted by the US. China and Russia requested this meeting under the agenda item “threats to international peace and security” citing the destabilising effects of the US cruise missile test. |
20 August 2019 S/PV.8600 | Meeting records from the Council's debate under the agenda item “Maintenance of international peace and security: Challenges to peace and security in the Middle East”. |
Selected Security Council Press Statements | View All |
15 July 2011 SC/10327 | The Council appreciated the efforts of the UNRCCA as a UN mechanism for preventive diplomacy. |
26 May 2010 SC/9936 | This was the press release for the debate on Intercultural Dialogue for Peace and Security. |
Selected General Assembly Documents | View All |
22 June 2011 A/RES/65/283 | This was the General Assembly resolution on strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution. |
17 December 2007 A/RES/62/90 | This was a resolution declaring 2010 the International Year for Rapprochement of Cultures. |
18 July 2006 A/60/891 | This was a progress report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly on the prevention of armed conflict. |
Selected Notes by the President of the Security Council | View All |
30 December 2004 S/2004/1031 | This was a note by the President of the Security Council extending the ad hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa until 31 December 2005. |
18 December 2003 S/2003/1183 | This note by the President of the Security Council extended the mandate of the Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa until the end of 2004. |
1 March 2002 S/2002/207 | This was a note by the President of the Council outlining the Terms of Reference for the ad hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa. |
Selected Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa | View All |
26 December 2018 S/2018/1165 | This was the report of the activities of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa for 2018. |
30 December 2013 S/2013/778 | This letter transmitted the annual report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa. |
31 December 2012 S/2012/965 | This letter transmitted a report on the activities of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa from January to December 2012. |
Selected Other Documents | View All |
21 December 2010 S/2010/654 | This was the note from the president of the Council that extended the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group for Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa until 31 December 2011. |
15 December 2009 S/2009/650 | This was the Council decision to extend the work of the Ad-Hoc Working Group for Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa until 31 December 2010. |
18 December 2008 S/2008/795 | This note renewed the mandate of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa. |