UN STRIVING TO ‘GET PREVENTION RIGHT,’ SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO INAUGURAL ANDREW CARNEGIE LECTURE

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UN STRIVING TO 'GET PREVENTION RIGHT,' SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN
ADDRESS TO INAUGURAL ANDREW CARNEGIE LECTURENew York, May 1 2013
7:00PMWhile the United Nations has done much to help countries
establish early warning systems, build rule-based institutions and
bolster civil society action, more work was needed to tackle the
drivers of conflict, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today in an
address on conflict prevention.

"The UN and its Member States have much work to do. As we strive to
get prevention right, let us continue to be inspired by the
contributions of David Hamburg," the Secretary-General said in a
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=6791">speech to the
inaugural Andrew Carnegie Distinguished Lecture on conflict
prevention, which honoured Mr. Hamburg.

The event, which took place this evening at Headquarters, was
co-sponsored by the United Nations and the Foreign Policy Association.
Honouree David A. Hamburg, who discussed his new book <i>Give Peace A
Chance</i>, was introduced by Robert Orr, UN Assistant
Secretary-General for Strategic Planning.

"David Hamburg has made truly important intellectual contributions to
the world and to the work of the United Nations," the
Secretary-General said, noting that Mr. Hamburg, during 15 years as
head of the Carnegie Corporation, helped to transform the way the
United Nations, Governments and the broader public looked at a range
of issues, from public health and education to nuclear
non-proliferation to conflict prevention.

"His work on conflict prevention has been especially notable," Mr. Ban
said, recalling that one the main priorities of his tenure as UN Chief
has been to improve the Organization's ability to address brewing
tensions before they become bigger and costlier crises.

"I wanted us to make greater use of the many tools available under
Chapter VI of the UN Charter to prevent armed conflict," he said,
adding that in that endeavour, a major reference point has been the
seminal 1997 report of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly
Conflict.

The key elements of that report still resonated today, he said, citing
its focus on early action, national ownership and the critical role of
civil society; the need to address the full range socio-economic and
political factors to ensure lasting peace; and the acknowledgement
that in extreme situations, the use of force remains an important tool
to prevent even greater atrocities.

"The United Nations has come a long way in internalizing and
operationalizing these insights," the Secretary-General said, noting
that UN special envoys are the most visible manifestations of the
world body's growing emphasis on preventive diplomacy.

"These envoys can now call on rapidly deployable expertise on
cease-fire negotiations, power-sharing, constitutional design, gender
issues and other aspects of peace processes," said Mr. Band, adding
that UN regional offices in West Africa, Central Asia and Central
Africa act as forward platforms for preventive work.

"We have worked hard to bridge the gap between the political and
development arms of the United Nations to more effectively address
drivers of conflict," he said. The Organization had also helped to
solidly embed the Responsibility to Protect in its normative
framework.

While those efforts have yielded concrete results – from Kenya to
Kyrgyzstan, the UN has kept tensions from escalating, and it was
accompanying difficult transition processes in Guinea, Yemen and
Somalia – "we are reminded on a daily basis that prevention has limits
and shortcomings," he said citing situations in Syria, Mal, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

"Our efforts in preventive diplomacy are hampered by sovereignty
concerns of Member States and fears of external interference," Mr. Pan
said, stressing that preventive action can only succeed when the
international community speaks with one voice. Divisions in the
Security Council or in approaches among organizations can undermine
the effectiveness of mediators.

He noted that early warning also remains a challenge. Social media are
helping the United Nations to take the pulse of a country or a
situation. "But we have also been caught unprepared. And we need to
improve our ability to engage preventively in fragile countries where
we have only a development presence, as was the case in Sri Lanka," he
said.

Concluding, he said that Mr. Hamburg's work has enabled the
international community to make quantum leaps in its approach to
addressing armed conflict. "As the title of his new book puts it, he
is helping us all to 'Give Peace a Chance'" the Secretary-General
said.May 1 2013 7:00PM
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