The Importance Of United Nations Diplomacy

United Nations being the mother of all organizations prior to the start of cold war was primarily an idea coined by the president of United States of America Mr. Franklin D.Roosevalt. The idea was presented on 1 January 1942, amidst of World War 2. This superlative organization was instituted in 1945 with the establishment of Bretton Woods’s system with key objectives of peace keeping, security, promotion of democracy, self-determination and to contain communism and Russian expansionism along with development of devastated world especially of the war torn Europe. The biggest aid was given to Europe by the creators of United Nations- hegemons of today’s world through Marshall Aid plan to avert Europe from joining the Russian (Communist) sphere.

Diplomacy is seen as an active tool to maintain peace in the International arena in order to pursue nation’s interests. For states nothing is as important as their self-interests and for this reason they opt of diplomatic conduct, reason of UN creation itself was to influence third world countries through diplomatic means. From centuries the colonial masters are seen to influence their colonies constituting the peripheral region of the globe through diplomatic acts. Diplomacy can be defined as “the management of International relations by means of negotiations, the methods by which these relations are adjusted and managed by ambassadors or envoys, the business or the art of diplomats.” –Harold

If we look at the historical preview we would get to know that: it was an effective diplomatic conduct carried out by diplomats of America and Russia which played their part in negotiations and successful de-escalation of Cuban missile crisis back in 1960’s.The professional diplomats remained successful in preventing nuclear war and further desolation of world during the cold war era. Despite Kennedy and Khruchev’s immense struggle there were humble UN diplomats also working under the carpet to negotiate on the both sides to secure the world which was at the Berkshire of immense risk. Thant the humble Burmese diplomat who was working as a UN diplomat deserves no less credit and have contributed much in conducting negotiations on both the sides. Though rarely recognized as such, Thant served as a crucial mediator. His first task was to de-escalate the world-threatening crisis and create a space for negotiation. He began on Oct. 24 by appealing for a Soviet suspension of arms shipments and U.S. suspension of the quarantine. This would allow time for negotiations in order to resolve the crisis