3. 预防是联合国各方面工作的基石，特别政治任务在这方面发挥的作用至关重要。为努力提高特别政治任务的成效、透明度、问责制和代表性，必须将核心重点放在加强其防止冲突爆发、升级、延续和再度发生的能力上。作为这些努力的一部分，我已将特别政治任务和其他外地行动在预防冲突和保持和平领域加强与区域和次区域组织的合作及对它们的支持列为一个优先事项。
3. Prevention is a cornerstone of all aspects of the work of the United Nations and the role played by special political missions as part of this approach is critical. Efforts to improve the effectiveness, transparency, accountability and representativeness of special political missions must include, at their core, a focus on mission capacities to strengthen prevention of the outbreak, escalation, continuation and recurrence of conflict. As part of these efforts, I have made it a priority that special political missions and other field-based operations increase their cooperation with and support to regional and subregional organizations in the area of conflict prevention and sustaining peace.