abstract: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. UN Secretary General Report "Agenda for Peace", 1992
Preventivemeasures are the mostimportant to be taken for statefailure, but we must prepare for remedial measures since preventivediplomacy often fails.
"Our preventive diplomacy will be central to our approach to a lot of issues."
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Meanwhile, away from this week's summit, groups of academics and others from Europe and Asia have begun to discuss a slew of tricky issues, from preventivediplomacy to efforts to halt the spread of missiles and weapons of mass destruction.
We believe that our ongoing partnership holds much promise to further enhance collaboration between CSTO and the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, as well as the United Nations Regional Centre for PreventiveDiplomacy on counter-terrorism issues and implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.