In parallel, structural changes are taking place, for example with the establishment of the UN Peacebuilding Commission and the UN Human Rights Council. The framework for implementation of the "Responsibility to Protect" is a further focus of debate. In line with this concept, if the state is unable or unwilling to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, the responsibility to protect shifts to the international community of states. The responsibility to protect is broken down into three parts: the Responsibility to Prevent; the Responsibility to React; and the Responsibility to Rebuild. The option of military intervention can only be resorted to after diplomatic efforts to achieve a solution have failed.

Most violent conflicts take place in developing countries, which are also the addressees of the various concepts and instruments. That being the case, it is particularly important to ensure that the views of these countries and regions about the relationship and framing of development policy, development-oriented peace building and security policy are channelled into the debate in Germany with a view to initiating a dialogue on these issues.

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