The phrase "a pledge to prevent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing commitments or promises made to stop or avoid something from happening.
Example: "The organization made a pledge to prevent climate change through sustainable practices."
Alternatives: "a commitment to stop" or "a promise to avert".
The trouble is that one of the three missed targets includes a pledge to prevent outbreaks of serious diseases.
They agreed a five-point plan which included a pledge to prevent the collapse of "systemically important banks" by using taxpayers' money to buy up stakes.
He was elected to Congress in 1992 on a pledge to prevent military bases in upstate New York from being shut down.
It backtracked on a pledge to prevent the Islamist party from taking part.Six people died and about 30 were wounded in a suicide bomb attack on the Israeli town of Hadera.
But can we at least take a pledge to prevent similar incidents in the near future?
As described by envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, the "framework" for an accord reached in talks last week begins with a commitment by the United States to a troop pullout and a Taliban pledge to prevent Afghan territory from serving as a base for international terrorism.
It was Mr Osborne who vetoed a manifesto pledge to prevent international students staying on after they had finished their studies.
By signing, we made a solemn pledge: to prevent and respond to sexual violence anywhere and everywhere it rears its head.
The lawmakers have long worked on the issue with privacy advocates and more than 100 companies including Microsoft, Google, and News Corp subsidiary Amplify to develop a privacy pledge to prevent misuse of data collected in classrooms.
Khanna's campaign asked Honda to sign a "people's pledge" to prevent outside spending from influencing their race's outcome in January.
Mr. Obama pointedly emphasized his administration's pledge to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran, one of Mr. Netanyahu's greatest fears.
