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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 more than twenty countries 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 UN Security Council

  • Speaker Events 10-25-2016

    Puri: Stalemate over Syria Is Security Council’s “Most Serious Failure”

    Hardeep Singh Puri, former ambassador of India and author of Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos, told a book launch event at IPI on October 25th that the stalemate over Syria and the Council’s consequent inaction was the panel’s “most serious failure.”He said there must now be a “Syrian peace process” […]

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    Peacekeeping, UN Security Council
  • Panel Discussions 10-23-2015

    Ban Ki-moon: Governance “Not Keeping Pace” with Challenges

    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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    Governance, Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, Sustainable Development, UN Security Council, Women‚ Peace and Security
  • Panel Discussions 10-14-2015

    Malone: Security Council Faces Questions About Its Relevance

    The UN Security Council confronts a test of its relevance today as it struggles to meet the challenges of a new era, a key theme of the new book, The UN Security Council in the 21st Century. The book follows an earlier volume, The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century, […]

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    UN Security Council
  • Books 10-14-2015by Sebastian von Einsiedel, David M. Malone, and Bruno Stagno Ugarte, eds.

    The UN Security Council in the 21st Century

    After grappling for two decades with the realities of the post-Cold War era, the UN Security Council must now meet the challenges of a resurgence of great power rivalry amid a context of rising crises. Reflecting this new environment, The UN Security Council in the 21st Century provides a comprehensive look at the Security Council […]

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    UN Security Council
  • Policy Papers 10-08-2015by Francesco Mancini

    Managing Change at the United Nations: Lessons from Recent Initiatives

    As the United Nations celebrates is seventieth anniversary, the organization faces growing systemic stresses placed on it by emerging global challenges and rapidly shifting political and security dynamics. Such challenges have sparked a renewed interest in reform.The latest report by IPI examines past initiatives for change within the UN, as well as obstacles to reforms […]

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    UN Security Council, UN System
  • Meeting Notes 06-04-2015by Margaret Williams

    Security Council Retreat Examines Cooperation between Council and Regional Organizations

    Regional organizations have been playing increasingly important roles in the maintenance of international peace and security in recent years. In parallel, their interactions with the UN Security Council have grown, presenting new opportunities and challenges for collaboration in advancing peace. How can the Security Council and regional organizations work together more effectively?As organizations try to […]

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    Humanitarian Affairs, Peacekeeping, Regional Organizations, UN Security Council, Violent Extremism
  • Speaker Events 01-20-2015

    Dutch FM Koenders: ”The Security Council Has to Change”

    Speaking to an overflow IPI audience on January 20th, Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders acknowledged how far the United Nations has come since its inception 70 years ago but said that the organization still “has a lot of growing up to do.”

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    UN Security Council
  • Speaker Events 09-30-2014

    Vike-Freiberga: Rethinking the United Nations

    In a speech delivered at IPI on September 30th, Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga gave a sobering historical analysis of the gains and setbacks made by the international system over the past century and, focusing on the UN, she called for a rethinking of the organization’s structure and approach to peace.

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    UN Security Council, UN System
  • Policy Papers 09-16-2014by Michael von der Schulenburg

    Rethinking Peacebuilding: Transforming the UN Approach

    Since the end of the Cold War, the UN has found itself intervening directly within its member states to help them end intrastate conflicts and rebuild their war-torn countries. Peacekeeping missions that were originally designed to keep opposing national armies apart and that had the consent of the host state are now expected to secure […]

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    Peacebuilding, UN Security Council
  • Policy Papers 04-12-2014by Kristen E. Boon

    Terminating Security Council Sanctions

    This report assesses the United Nations Security Council’s current approach to drawing down sanctions in intrastate war situations. After examining broader questions surrounding the UN’s authority to impose sanctions and the corresponding limits on these powers, the report assesses criteria used by the Council to terminate sanctions.

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    Sanctions, UN Security Council
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