How does the United Nations work for peace?
The UN promotes peace through the entire range of its activities. As a centre for diplomacy and debate, it provides an alternative to war, a framework for the peaceful settlement of disputes. In times of international crisis, the UN works to ease tensions and facilitate negotiations. It is a rallying point for those who try to prevent or stop armed conflict. The UN promotes peace through its efforts to protect human rights, through its peacekeeping operations and through work in developing a growing body of international law. It undertakes preventive diplomacy to stop conflicts before they get started. It provides electoral assistance and support for democratization. In promoting economic and social development, the UN helps sustain peace by working to eliminate deep-seated causes of war. Alongside the rest of the UN family of organizations, the UN provides humanitarian assistance, repatriates refugees, helps repair national infrastructure and promotes reconstruction.
