By Erin Donelly

At 42, Samantha Power became the youngest person to be appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Now, she is a powerful force in steering America’s foreign policy and dictating intervention abroad.

The concept of sustaining peace—as enshrined in the identical General Assembly/Security Council resolutions of April 27, 2016—offers a new consensus and vision for the UN’s work, in which prevention plays a central role. Prevention continues, however, to be defined negatively, largely by its relationship to conflict rather than by a proactive, nationally owned strategy for averting the outbreak of conflict and sustaining peace.

Due to its interest for the political empowerment of women, we transcribe the article published today by the Pacific Standard.