United Nations guidance for effective mediation
Publisher: [United Nations]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Subjects: International Mediation
Other titles: Guidance for effective mediation; UN guidance for effective mediation
Description: With armed conflicts trending upward and proving increasingly complex, the challenges are also mounting for mediators working to resolve them through negotiations. Guidance now available from the United Nations can help them to succeed, providing practical advice for navigating mediation processes effectively. The UN Guidance for Effective Mediation, presented in September 2012 at a high-level event on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly, is the first broad UN guidance of this kind available to mediators. It reflects the experience of mediators over more than six decades and was developed in close cooperation with United Nations partners including member states, regional and subregional organizations. The high-level launch of the guidance was organized in cooperation with the Group of Friends of Mediation--a grouping of UN member states co-chaired by Finland and Turkey who have taken an active and supportive interest in developing the UN's conflict mediation capacities. The UN Guidance for Effective Mediation was initially released in August 2012 by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as an annex of a broader report on trends and capacities in conflict mediation issued at the request of the UN General Assembly.