Activities and methods developed on how to control, handle and mitigate an open conflict and how to limit the potential damage caused by its escalation. [...] It is mainly understood as trying to contain a conflict or, at best, reach a compromise, without necessarily resolving it. This means looking for ways to deal with conflict constructively and aiming to engage opposing sides in a cooperative process that can establish a workable system for managing their differences.
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https://www.termdat.bk.admin.ch/entry/521713
FDFA , [Switzerland's candidature ](https://www.newsd.admin.ch/newsd/message/attachments/39662.pdf)for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2023-2024 term, 5 June 2015.
Site l'ABC des Nations Unies, [Paix et sécurité internationales](http://www.un.org/fr/aboutun/untoday/security.shtml) (10.6.2016).
Internet Università degli studi di Firenze/Scuola di economia e management, [Sviluppo economico, cooperazione internazionale socio-sanitaria e gestione dei conflitti](http://www.economia.unifi.it/vp-121-sviluppo-economico-cooperazione-internazionale-socio-sanitaria-e-gestione-dei-conflitti.html) (22.7.2016).
Internet EDA, Prävention von gewalttätigem Extremismus (PVE); [https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/de/home/aussenpolitik/frieden-menschenrechte/frieden/pve.html](https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/de/home/aussenpolitik/frieden-menschenrechte/frieden/pve.html)
Le bilan de ces dernières années a également incité l’ONU à se consacrer plus que jamais à la consolidation de la paix, à savoir les activités visant à éviter qu’un pays ne tombe ou ne retombe dans un conflit en renforçant ses capacités nationales de gestion des conflits et à jeter les bases d’une paix et d’un développement durables.
Based on Berghoff Foundation, [Berghoff Glossary on Conflict Transformation](http://www.berghof-foundation.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Publications/Books/Book_Glossary_Chapters_en/glossary_2012_complete.pdf), p.18 (12.9.2016).