A ceasefire is an agreement to temporarily stop a war, providing a termination of hostilities between parties engaged in armed conflict. Regional organizations can mediate ceasefires among member countries, promoting collective security and operating within their own norms. The process involves understanding the interests of both parties, generating a prospective outcome that appeals to them, and ensuring the supervision, verification, and monitoring of the agreement. Effective ceasefires require planned strategies to prevent aggressive contact, assign rights and obligations, formal legal obligation, and legal and financial consequences for violating the agreement.