or bringing hostile parties together to resolve conflict without warfare is one of the most important roles that the UN plays in maintaining world peace and security Through the use of diplomacy, mediation, arbitration and other conflict resolution techniques, a neutral third party such as the UN helps the contentious parties arrive at a peaceful resolution of their differences
Peacemaking is the term often used to refer to negotiating the resolution of a conflict between people, groups, or nations It goes beyond peacekeeping to actually deal with the issues in dispute, but falls short of peace building, which aims toward reconciliation and normalization of relations between ordinary people, not just the formal resolution which is written on paper
Peacemaking efforts are attempts to persuade countries or groups to stop fighting with each other. the failure of international peacemaking efforts The United States is more than ever the prime mover in Middle East peace-making