This expert seminar on environmental governance and peacebuilding was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 20, at the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA)’s Headquarters. Researchers from multiple institutions including the Environmental Law Institute, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Stockholm University, University of Maryland, and Uppsala University, presented their most recent findings in the field of environmental […]
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Børge Brende, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, told an IPI audience of a plan to ensure that “new fragile states don’t turn into weaker failed states,” and he said it amounted to “a new kind of Marshall Plan for prevention.”As such, he said, expects prevention to be the next secretary-general’s “first and foremost” priority.Brende’s remarks […]
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In 2015, on the occasion of its seventieth year of existence, the UN undertook a comprehensive assessment of its peace and security work through three reviews on peace operations, peacebuilding, and the implementation of the women, peace, and security agenda. These reviews aimed to strengthen the effectiveness, coherence, and relevance of the UN’s peace and […]
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A panel of civil society youth advocates and experts discussed Resolution 2250—the United Nations Security Council’s recent resolution on youth, peace and security—and offered insight on its implementation, and ways to channel young people’s participation in peacebuilding.Advocacy for such a resolution began in 2012, inspired by the similarly inclusive Resolution 1325 on women, peace and […]
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The most comprehensive assessment of UN peace operations since the Brahimi Report of 2000 was completed this year, when the High-Level Independent Panel on UN Peace Operations (HIPPO) issued more than 100 recommendations to make UN peace operations “fit for purpose.” It was followed by the UN secretary-general’s report, outlining key actions to move the […]
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A panel of academics, experts, and policy-makers considered the next generation of peace and security challenges at this year’s International Expert Forum (IEF) on governance, peacebuilding, and state-society relations, part of IEF’s series on 21st-century peacebuilding.Gert Rosenthal, Chair of the UN Advisory Group of Experts on Review of Peacebuilding Architecture, said UN reform would be […]
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Traditional approaches to peacemaking, which often have excluded female participants, are not working, as the numerous entrenched conflicts around the world demonstrate, Geir O. Pedersen, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, told an IPI audience.
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an IPI audience that a series of reviews undertaken to mark the UN’s 70th anniversary had revealed that efforts to bring better governance to the world were falling behind evolving threats to political and social stability.
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A high-level panel of foreign ministers and United Nations officials offered suggestions for creating sustainable peace at an IPI event entitled “Champions for a New Approach to Peacebuilding,” on September 29th, 2015, during the opening week of the UN General Assembly.Margot Wallström, Foreign Minister of Sweden, emphasized the centrality of peacebuilding to the UN’s work. […]
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Ambassador Gert Rosenthal told an IPI audience July 13th that a new review published that day had focused in on excessive “fragmentation” in UN peacebuilding activities.Ambassador Rosenthal, who serves as Chair of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture, said the report proved “different parts of the organization are […]
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