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.
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the

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through international institutions has been focusing on preventive diplomacy. As the

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and regional organizations as well as global and regional powers discovered the high costs of managing conflict, there is a strong common perception of benevolence of preventive diplomacy. Preventive diplomacy actions can be implemented by the UN, regional organizations,

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networks and individual states. One of the examples of preventive diplomacy is the UN

peacekeeping Peacekeeping comprises activities intended to create conditions that favour lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed warfare. Within the United N ...

mission in Macedonia (

UNPREDEP The United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) was established on 31 March 1995 in Security Council Resolution 983 to replace the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the Republic of North Macedonia. The mandate of UNPREDEP r ...

) in 1995–1999. It was the first UN preventive action. Preventive measures include:

conflict early warning The field of conflict early warning seeks to forecast the outbreak of armed conflict, or, at minimum, to detect the early escalation of violence, with the objective of preventing the outbreak or the further escalation of violence in order to save l ...

fact-finding Fact-finding may refer to: * Trier of fact, also called a finder of facts, one or more people who determines facts in a legal proceeding * United Nations fact-finding mission, a mission carried out by the United Nations to discover facts See al ...

by UN missions or other bodies,

confidence-building measures Confidence-building measures (CBMs) or confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) are actions taken to reduce fear of attack by both (or more) parties in a situation of conflict. The term is most often used in the context of armed conflict, ...

, early deployment,

humanitarian assistance Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help. It is usually short-term help until the long-term help by the government and other institutions replaces it. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and ...

, and

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UN Secretary General Report "Agenda for Peace", 1992
* ttp://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/treatment/prevent.htm Preventive Diplomacy/Conflict Prevention, Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, USAbr>Strengthening Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation: Istanbul Retreat of the UN Security Council, 2012
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