Η στρατηγική των ΗΠΑ για την πρόληψη των συγκρούσεων και την προώθηση της σταθερότητας: Χώρες και περιοχή προτεραιότητας

Οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες δεσμεύονται να ενισχύσουν την παγκόσμια ανθεκτικότητα και τη δημοκρατική ανανέωση και να προωθήσουν ειρηνικά, αυτοδύναμα έθνη που γίνονται ισχυροί οικονομικοί εταίροι και εταίροι ασφάλειας ικανοί να αντιμετωπίσουν κοινές προκλήσεις. Για τον σκοπό αυτό, η κυβέρνηση των ΗΠΑ προχωρά στο πνεύμα της εταιρικής σχέσης με την Αϊτή, τη Λιβύη, τη Μοζαμβίκη, την Παπούα Νέα Γουινέα και πέντε χώρες στην περιοχή της παράκτιας Δυτικής Αφρικής (Μπενίν, Ακτή Ελεφαντοστού, Γκάνα, Γουινέα και Τόγκο) για την εφαρμογή της δεκαετούς στρατηγικής των ΗΠΑ για την πρόληψη των συγκρούσεων και την προώθηση της σταθερότητας, σημειώνει σε δήλωσή του ο Υπουργός Εξωτερικών των ΗΠΑ Antony  Blinken. Η ανακοίνωση στο πρωτότυπο:

 
The Spirit of Partnership: Implementing the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability

 The United States is committed to strengthening global resiliency and democratic renewal, and promoting peaceful, self-reliant nations that become strong economic and security partners capable of addressing shared challenges.  To that end, the U.S. Government is moving forward in the spirit of partnership with Haiti, Libya, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, and five countries in the Coastal West Africa region (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, and Togo) to implement the ten-year U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability.

Along with our friends and allies and the wider international community, we are facing destabilizing transnational challenges, which disrupt ways of life, economies, and whole societies.  Democratic governance and respect for human rights are increasingly under threat as violent extremists and practitioners of oppression assert their authoritarian will through coercion and violence.  Through this Strategy, we will confront these negative global trends and create new models for broader cooperation, grounded in mutual accountability and enduring stability.

We are fully committed to successful implementation of the Strategy and look forward to working together with the selected countries to create and implement long-term, locally-led plans to build resilience, strengthen the roots of stability, and prevent conflict.  We will factor in the sometimes difficult lessons learned from decades of U.S. involvement in stabilization efforts and apply them to how we engage through our new approach.

The State Department will lead this whole-of-government Strategy to align U.S. capabilities in diplomacy, development, and the security sector.  Working closely with in-country partners, businesses, and civil society organizations at the national and local levels, we will shape a common purpose to harness all the tools at our disposal in support of the Strategy, through our Embassies overseas, our country and technical experts in Washington, and with integrated and intentional planning and monitoring, evaluation, and learning across the U.S. Government.

I am grateful to the U.S. Congress for its passage of the landmark bipartisan Global Fragility Act that underpins this Strategy and demands a fundamental shift in how we work to prevent conflict globally.  I also appreciate those in civil society and expert communities who advocated for the Act and will be crucial to help us turn it into action.  Thanks to all of these efforts, we now have an ambitious framework for engaging creatively with our global partners to anticipate and prevent conflict and promote stability.

 
The U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability: Priority Countries and Region

The following is being released jointly by the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The U.S. Government is moving forward in the spirit of partnership with four countries and a regional grouping of countries to implement the ten-year U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability.  This represents an important milestone and next step in the realization of the goals of the landmark Global Fragility Act, which continues to enjoy strong bipartisan Congressional support for innovative efforts to foster a more peaceful and stable world.  In light of the horrific events unfolding in Ukraine caused by Putin’s unprovoked and brutal war, the United States reaffirms its commitment to strengthen global resiliency and democratic renewal, and promote peaceful, self-reliant nations that become U.S. economic and security partners.

Our partner countries under the Strategy include Haiti, Libya, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, and a grouping of Coastal West African countries comprised of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, and Togo.  Each collaboration presents a unique opportunity to leverage lessons learned from decades of U.S. involvement overseas, to enhance the way the U.S. Government engages in challenging environments, and to jointly build resilience against political, economic, and natural shocks.

The U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability outlines a ten-year, whole-of-government effort to foster peace and long-term stability through integrated diplomacy, development, and security-sector engagement.  The Strategy builds upon and strengthens the work done to implement the U.S. Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security, the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, and ongoing efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism.  It will leverage and advance other priorities, such as to promote democracy, good governance, and respect for human rights; advance gender equality; counter corruption; reduce the risks of the climate crisis; and bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Strategy’s flexible approach is designed to take into account and address the underlying causes of violence and instability before conflicts and crises can break out or deteriorate.  The Strategy seeks to tailor our shared approach to the unique circumstances of each local and regional context, and to elevate local voices to jointly seek on-the-ground solutions to prevent conflict.  The United States will take a long-term view, working closely with like-minded and committed local partners.  Pursuant to the Strategy, we will support stabilization in areas where violence impedes development and threatens U.S. and partner strategic interests.  These efforts will improve lives and livelihoods in the process.

Our work is rooted in a deep and abiding commitment to put diplomacy and shared values first.  Success will require strong leadership, patience, creativity, and a constructive relationship with our international and local partners.  Peacebuilding and conflict prevention are needed now more than ever, and the United States looks forward to working with others to create a more peaceful world.

The full Strategy can be viewed at https://www.state.gov/stability-strategy/.