States would, in turn, have to give the institutions that existed for prevention the backing they so urgently needed. They would also have to acknowledge that the international community could play a constructive role in internal situation, which could strengthen sovereignty rather than weaken it. Leaders must recognize the need for preventive action, sometimes even before signs of crisis were evident. That would not be achieved by grand gestures or by short-term thinking, but required a change of deeply ingrained attitudes, the Secretary-General said. Speakers Urge New Culture of Prevention, Peace, Balanced DevelopmentĬonflict prevention must be made the cornerstone of collective security in the twenty-first century, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the Security Council this morning as it debated the prevention of armed conflicts. CONFLICT PREVENTION MUST BE ∜ORNERSTONE OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY IN 21ST CENTURY, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEMBERS, AS COUNCIL DISCUSSES ARMED CONFLICT
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