2015 - A year when Diplomacy scored some decent points

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Assessments on the vitality, durability and success of diplomacy in any year - including 2015 - are best carried out away from high-decibel levels and cantankerous TV anchors.

At the multilateral level, 2015 also marked the 15th anniversary of Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.

A lot went wrong in 2015 precisely because this principle was not always upheld: The continued stalemate on Syria with devastating humanitarian consequences, the inability to deal with the Islamic State adequately, the situation in Yemen, where there has been more physical destruction in five months than in Syria in five years.

The horrific consequences of the civil war in Syria are still playing out.

Clearly, Iraq 2003, Libya 2011, and Syria now, provide the most eloquent testimony on the failure of diplomacy.

The consequences of military action in Iraq, Libya and Syria laid the basis for the emergence of the IS. What we have not seen in 2015 - and would be lucky to see in 2016 - is a reversion to the Charter and an acknowledgement that conflict-prevention is the best diplomacy.

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