The long experience of the United Nations in the prevention and resolution of...

The long experience of the United Nations in the prevention and resolution of conflicts shows us that the issue of development — or, rather, the lack thereof — is at the source of many of the conflicts that have been on the agenda of the Security Council. Security imposed by peacekeeping operations carries no guarantee that security will be sustained or that conflict will not eventually re-emerge. In order to avoid that there is a need for several factors to come together: security, the strengthening of the rule of law, respect for and promotion of human rights, the empowerment of women and the establishment of conditions that foster development. That is the only way to achieve sustainable peace.