Bureau Home Bureau Home About Us Resources Leadership Remarks and Releases HomeBureaus & Offices > Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights ...Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations hide Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Our Mission The Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) is charged with leading the formulation and implementation of U.S. conflict prevention and stabilization strategies, policies, and programs. It provides the secretariat for the U.S. government’s multi-agency Atrocity Prevention Task Force and is the State Department’s lead implementer of the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability. At the end of 2021, CSO stood up the Negotiations Support Unit to assist U.S. diplomats and other officials to resolve some of the thorniest and most intractable disputes. CSO’s efforts to reduce fragility, strengthen democratic institutions, and increase social cohesion with and within priority partner countries directly advance U.S. foreign policy objectives. Assistant Secretary Anne A. Witkowsky Follow Us: Twitter Facebook Follow @StateCSO on Twitter July 15, 2022 U.S. Strategy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Atrocities View the Strategy 2022 United States Strategy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Atrocities November 22, 2021 Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Draws from Its First Decade for the Decades Ahead Learn More Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Draws from Its First Decade for the Decades Ahead April 1, 2022 U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stablity View the strategy U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability The Latest August 2, 2023 2023 Report to Congress on Section 5 of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-441) [as amended] The Department of State submits this annual report, on behalf of the President, on U.S. efforts to anticipate, prevent, and respond to atrocities. The United States is committed to promoting respect for human rights globally and reaffirms atrocity prevention as a core national security interest. November 26, 2023 Secretary Blinken’s Call with Foreign Minister Shoukry of Egypt November 18, 2023 Secretary Blinken’s Call with Canadian Foreign Minister Joly November 15, 2023 National Academic Partnership Initiative Focused on Conflict Anticipation and Prevention See All