The upcoming UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review provides a unique opportunity for the UN to shape the future of peacebuilding at a moment when sentiment toward multilateral institutions and the liberal framework guiding peacebuilding as a whole is changing. The way in which the review is developed and implemented, as well as the outcomes, offers a platform to tackle these contemporary challenges and guide the field of peacebuilding into the future. Central to this is the meaningful inclusion of diverse voices through innovative processes. Toward this end, the UN can work in partnership with intermediaries with a track record of organizing such inclusive and participatory processes.
Tag: peacebuilding
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Context-specific approaches to peacebuilding that empower local agency are key to the self-sustainability of peace processes.
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On September 8th, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/76/305 on financing for peacebuilding. At a first glance, this four-page document appears to be a reiteration of previously agreed text on peacebuilding financing which can be easily found in the 2016 twin resolutions on peacebuilding and sustaining peace; in the subsequent ones in […]
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The African continent has a rich and varied repertoire of formal and informal capacities, knowledge, and experiences to decolonize the study and practice of peace and develop an integrated African agenda for sustaining peace.
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Despite the instability it faces, Guinea-Bissau—alongside countries like Madagascar, Chad, or the Central African Republic—has long been overlooked by donors. There is an urgent need to re-orientate the international community toward supporting and financing conflict prevention and early action.
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Neither the Tigray conflict nor other similar ethnic-related armed conflicts will be resolved quickly.
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Local mediation efforts can also help manage and resolve conflicts more durably and support the implementation of peace agreements.
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As the UN and AU start to look towards transitioning from peacekeeping to peacebuilding in Darfur, what lessons are there from the adoption of resolution 1769?
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Policymakers and practitioners have increasingly recognized the need to focus more attention on prevention—addressing the root causes of conflict, violence, and fragility rather than simply reacting to them.
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Much has been written about leaders, about peace, and most recently about peace leadership, but little about leadership for sustaining peace.
