ABSTRACT
A quarter of a century after the issuance of United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s An Agenda for Peace, the concept of preventive diplomacy has evolved dramatically, and a modern concept is in evidence in international relations. Preventive diplomacy is exercised by global and national leaders, international officials, leaders of nongovernmental organizations, and a wide range of other actors. Global developments have necessitated the development of new forms of preventive diplomacy as the challenges of prevention, and of preventive diplomacy, become more complex. Climate change represents perhaps the most serious threat to human security. Conflicts and violence, on an unprecedented scale, continue to be felt in many parts of the world and often do engage the attention of the United Nations as well as regional and sub-regional organizations. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
