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    The International Peace Institute (IPI) is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to managing risk and building resilience to promote peace, security, and sustainable development. To achieve its purpose, IPI employs a mix of policy research, strategic analysis, publishing, and convening. With staff from around the world and a broad range of academic fields, IPI has offices facing United Nations headquarters in New York and an office in Manama.

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News, Events, Publications about Sustainable Development

  • Policy Papers 03-22-2022by Damian Lilly

    The UN Agenda for Protection: Policy, Strategic, and Operational Priorities

    In his 2020 Call to Action on Human Rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres committed to developing an “Agenda for Protection.” The agenda provides an opportunity for the UN to reaffirm that the protection of crisis-affected populations is fundamental to its purpose and values. To be effective it should address the lessons learned from previous efforts […]

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    Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, Protection of Civilians, Sustainable Development, UN System
  • Panel Discussions 06-03-2021

    SDG Zero? A People-Centered Approach to Universal Connectivity

    On June 3rd, IPI together with Microsoft’s Office on UN Affairs cohosted a virtual policy forum entitled “SDG Zero? A People-Centered Approach to Universal Connectivity.”As the COVID-19 pandemic has increased reliance on digital technologies, it has highlighted the growing digital divide between and within societies. Universal access to the digital world has become more urgent than […]

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    Sustainable Development
  • Policy Papers 02-11-2021by Albert Trithart

    A UN for All? UN Policy and Programming on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics

    Sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) have been on the UN’s agenda for more than twenty-five years. Many of the earliest developments took place in the UN human rights mechanisms and Human Rights Council. Increasingly, however, UN agencies, funds, and programs are also integrating SOGIESC into their policy and programming.This paper […]

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    Human Rights, Sustainable Development, UN System, Women‚ Peace and Security
  • Speaker Events 11-23-2020

    IPI MENA Hosts Korean Ambassador on Sustainable Development & Peace

    On November 23rd, IPI MENA hosted Hae-Kwan Chung, Ambassador of Korea to Bahrain, in an online event entitled “Korean Economic Development: Speedy & Sustainable.”During the presentation, which was moderated by IPI MENA Director Nejib Friji, Ambassador Chung first presented the historical context of Korea’s economic ruin and reliance on foreign aid following its liberation from […]

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    Sustainable Development
  • Policy Papers 07-09-2020by Jimena Leiva Roesch and Masooma Rahmaty

    Localizing the 2030 Agenda in West Africa: Building on What Works

    Despite advancement in some areas, countries around the world are still not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The transformation needed to achieve these goals depends on innovation and initiatives that build on existing capacities and fit the needs of local contexts, yet the 2030 Agenda remains largely unknown at the local […]

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    Sustainable Development
  • Issue Briefs 07-02-2020by Lesley Connolly and Jimena Leiva Roesch

    Unpacking the UN’s Development System Reform

    On January 1, 2019, a far-reaching reform of the UN development system went into effect. This was referred to by the deputy secretary-general as “the most ambitious reform of the United Nations development system in decades.” While this reform has only briefly been in place, questions have already arisen about its implementation and implications.This issue […]

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    Sustainable Development, UN System
  • Panel Discussions 05-21-2020

    How Do Funding Flows Accelerate or Inhibit Peace and Development?

    Global funding flows are critical to the success of community-centered peace and development. Local leaders often perceive complex international funding mechanisms as barriers to their work, and as ignoring or undervaluing their leadership. As a result, a great deal of potential for communities to create peace and development initiatives remains untapped.IPI and Catalyst for Peace […]

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    Sustainable Development
  • 10-29-2019

    Localizing the 2030 Agenda: Building on What Works

    Community leaders worldwide are working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the final “decade of delivery” ahead of 2030. As the international community seeks answers on how to localize the 2030 Agenda, many of the solutions can be found in communities and the knowledge and agency of local leaders.To address this urgent moment […]

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    Sustainable Development
  • Panel Discussions 09-27-2019

    “Repairing the Cup”—Consolidating Peace and Advancing Development in Sierra Leone

    Over the past 12 years, the Sierra Leone civil society organization Fambul Tok, its US-based funder and partner Catalyst for Peace, and the people of the country have created an admired model infrastructure that puts people and communities at the center of peace and development. The emerging program has helped Sierra Leone build national capacity […]

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    Sustainable Development
  • Panel Discussions 09-26-2019

    Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

    “We see the promotion of human rights and development not as separate goals but as mutually enforcing objectives,” said Ine Eriksen Søreide, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, introducing the 12th annual Trygve Lie Symposium, co-sponsored by IPI and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and focused this year on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for […]

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    Human Rights, Sustainable Development
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  • Why Congo’s M23 Crisis Lingers On

    May 30, 2023 by
    The conflict has been propped up by blame games, ineffective diplomacy, recurring geopolitical tensions and proxy warfare in the Great Lakes region, and the Congolese state’s weak commitment to addressing grievances that drive armed group proliferation.
    Analysis, africa, conflict
  • China’s Small Steps into UN Peacekeeping Are Adding Up

    May 24, 2023 by Courtney J. Fung
    China will likely continue to shape peacekeeping along its preferences for a more technical and less overt political foreign policy tool.
    Analysis, peacekeeping, UN Peacekeeping at 75, united nations
  • As UN Missions Draw Down, Strengthening Community-Led Approaches to Protection of Civilians

    May 23, 2023 by Gay Rosenblum-Kumar

    UN mission transitions still result in gaps in the protection of…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, protection of civilians
  • Human Survival Depends on Biodiversity: Interview with Brad Cardinale

    May 22, 2023 by Jill Stoddard

    Brad Cardinale, an ecologist who focuses on the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in natural systems discusses the scale…

    Interviews, biodiversity, climate change, ecology
  • Mediation in Peacekeeping Contexts: Trends and Challenges for Mission Leadership

    May 19, 2023 by
    The political role of the UN may not have diminished overall, but shifted.
    Analysis, peacekeeping, UN Peacekeeping at 75, united nations

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About the International Peace Institute

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