FORUM: “Promoting neutrality as an instrument of preventive diplomacy.” International Day of Neutrality 2024. Neutralism or a "neutralist policy" is a foreign policy position wherein a state intends to remain neutral in future wars. A sovereign state that reserves the right to become a belligerent if attacked by a party to the war is in a condition of armed neutrality. Neutrality has for decades dovetailed with “international activism” and the articulation of international law and collective action. The policy of neutrality contributes to strengthening global peace and security and plays an important role in forging peaceful, friendly and mutually beneficial relations between the countries of the world. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #PreventiveDiplomacy, #NeutralityDay, #12December, #NeutralistPolicy, #Neutralism.
EVENTS: On December 12th, the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, and the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs the UNRWA and other specialized agencies will observe the International Day of Neutrality 2024 at UNHQ to discuss the principles of Neutrality. Neutrality is understood to mean that “humanitarian actors must not take sides in hostilities or engage in controversies of a political, racial, religious, or ideological nature”. Neutrality is much more than an abstract principle, however. International humanitarian organizations often operate in volatile contexts – 60 per cent of students at UNRWA schools have lived through conflict – and neutrality helps to create what is termed “humanitarian space”. By upholding neutrality and working with the sole goal of alleviating suffering wherever it is found, humanitarian organizations can continue their crucial work. For example, neutrality is essential for the Agency to access its beneficiaries and provide them with crucial aid and to communicate with all parties to ensure that its buildings are not affected during times of hostilities or armed violence. Neutrality also enables Humanitarian agencies to work with host governments to import medicines for its clinics and to secure visas for staff to enable them to carry out their professional duties. These illustrations 6 Staff conduct and neutrality), (Infrastructure Installations and neutrality), (Vetting), (Peace Education and Neutrality) are just a snapshot explaining the crucial importance of neutrality for UNRWA operations as a humanitarian actor.
PUBLICATION: Read the Watchlist 2024 from the International Crisis Group.
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