3. Preventive humanitarian action

quot Preventive action and intensification of the struggle

It is vital to develop the Organization's capability and capacity for preventive action.

Events in Rwanda have clearly underscored the importance of preventive action.

Without focusing on the causes of conflict, preventive action is groping in the dark.

We have sorely neglected preventive action by the United Nations.

We also applaud initiatives for preventive education in the home, at school and in the workplace.

The importance of preventive action and of making effective use of early warning indicators was underlined.

Fully aware of the value of preventive action, Turkmenistan is engaged in practical approaches to promoting such action.

Preventative medicine.

Two years ago this Assembly discussed the merits of preventive action in the field of the maintenance of peace.

It would also relieve the growing pressure on the limited resources of the United Nations.

Preventative Detention

The Decade related activities have been important in creating a basis for better organization of preventive activities.

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Preventive dialogue and confidence building

The first area that comes to our mind is intensification of preventive action and the fight against malaria and diarrhoeic diseases, particularly cholera.

United Nations Preventive Deployment Force

Of those 10 recommendations, 2 (20 per cent) were subsequently implemented and 8 (80 per cent) were under implementation.

At UNMEE and UNMIK, a further 2 and 16 cases respectively were not reported by the missions to Headquarters.

Preventive medicine continued actively.

The element of justice is sometimes absent, and without it preventive action tends to restore the status quo ante.

290. Another type of preventive humanitarian action is the strengthening of the national capacity of disaster prone countries.

In principle, preventive action should be taken prior to the deterioration of a given situation into an open dispute and long before it becomes a situation involving a threat to international peace and security.

It was therefore preferable and less costly, as the UNDP Administrator had noted, to strengthen preventive action and attack the evil at its root.

In addition to the generally relevant considerations that make the preventive role of regional organizations its primary purpose, it is important to emphasize the specific reasons that call for giving priority to the CSCE apos s mechanisms in the field of preventive action.

These two initiatives were aimed at facilitating the sharing of lessons systematically among peacekeeping missions on conduct and disciplinary matters.

We must take all precaution.

Indeed, the General Assembly, in its resolution 44 236, which defines policy for the Decade, stressed the importance of preventive action before disaster strikes.

(b) Coordination of the activities of the United Nations system in the fields of preventive action and intensification of the struggle against malaria and diarrhoeal diseases, in

Article 51 in no way covers imminent threats, and international law does not confer any legitimacy on the dangerous doctrine of pre emption.

(b) Coordination of the activities of the United Nations system in the fields of preventive action and intensification of the struggle against malaria and diarrhoeal diseases, in particular cholera.

It had before it the report of the Secretary General on preventive action and intensification of the struggle against malaria and diarrhoeal diseases, in particular cholera (E 1994 60).

health care, diet and nutrition, personal hygiene, preventive medicine

It rightly stresses the need for early warning and early action with regard to a crisis or even better preventive action.

We are also convinced that preventive action should take pride of place in addressing difficulties and obstacles that could lead to violence.

Draft resolution on preventive action and intensification of the struggle against malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa (A C.2 49 L.26 Rev.1)

It found that both complaints based and pro active approaches can be administratively difficult and cumbersome for both complainants and employers most specifically for small employers.

Economists call that precautionary saving.

It also covers treatment, rehabilitation, preventive education, training and information.

To heed this call, greater attention must now be concentrated on the preventive dimension.

We believe that this would considerably enhance the preventive role of the United Nations.

Establishing more regular and more formal cooperative frameworks for work with civil society organizations, not only in the Security Council but also in groups of States, will serve to strengthen preventive work.

Preventive work could be facilitated by the adoption of a containment strategy to identify points of tension or areas of potential conflict at a regional and global level.

In Macedonia, we have seen the positive effects of the first example of preventive deployment.