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IPI is an independent research and policy institute which is registered as a 501©3 nonprofit organization. However, we do work in close collaboration with the UN Secretariat, agencies, programs and funds, as well as with UN Member States.
Since the early 1990s, there have been no fewer than seven civilian, police, and peacekeeping missions led by the United Nations (UN) in Haiti.[1] The fact that a UN-authorized police mission is once again on the table testifies to the failure of past interventions to consolidate lasting peace. So, too,…
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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…
It was a moment that no one present will soon forget. Just hours after the news broke of her husband’s…
On February 28, 2004, during the second extraordinary session of the African Union in Sirte, Libya, the continental body adopted the Common African Defence and Security Policy (CADSP), which set out to consolidate a continental architecture capable of advancing…