PEACEST 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding, Self-Defense

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Peace Studies
• Course: PEACEST 2A03
• Professor: Jorge Fabra- Zamora

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Facilitation (cid:862)good offices(cid:863) third country facilitates consultations give them a space. Mediation (cid:373)ediator proposes solutio(cid:374)s (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) givi(cid:374)g a space. Accordi(cid:374)g to the un, (cid:862)peace-keeping is the deployment of a united nations presence in the field, hitherto with the consent of all the parties concerned, normally involving united nations military and/or police personnel and frequently civilians as well. Peace-keeping is a technique that expands the possibilities for both the prevention of conflict and the making of peace. [conflict prevention] seeks to resolve disputes before violence breaks out; peacemaking and peace-keeping are required to halt conflicts and preserve peace once it is attained. If successful, they strengthen the opportunity for post-conflict peace-building, which can prevent the recurrence of violence among nations and peoples. Key element: peace keeping is a mean for conflict resolution and conflict transformation (remember lutwack!) Un was created for global peace understood as peace between states. 195-19956 crisis of the middle east (lester b. pearson)