ABSTRACT
Given that conflict is inevitable in international relations, conflict prevention, management and resolution have attracted serious attention. Incompatible demands and claims made by one party can be met with refusal, counterclaim or denial by another party. Violent conflict is very destructive and expensive in terms of human lives and material resources. UN organs utilise most of the traditional techniques of dispute settlement. Conflict can be managed and resolved through mutual agreement. Negotiation is full of manoeuvres to gain as much as possible. In distributive bargaining, the bargaining structure is a zero sum one by which one party's gain means a loss for the other. Multinational negotiations are an essential means to deal with global security, environmental and economic issues. Given political and social implications derived from its outcome, conflict resolution is not strictly a value neutral business.
