Peacebuilding

The Peacebuilding Commission decided today that it would place Guinea on its agenda, acting for the first time without a referral from the Security Council but responding instead to a request from the West African country itself.

The incoming Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission today pledged to strengthen that body’s role within the United Nations in order to resolve disputes and restore peace and hope to nations emerging from conflict.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the special debate of the Security Council on post-conflict peacebuilding — institution-building, today, 21 January, in New York:

The Peacebuilding Commission and the Government of Liberia set forth this morning the terms of their partnership to strengthen the rule of law, support security-sector reform and promote national reconciliation as the West African nation sought to consolidate peace and heal the historic rift between indigenous and “American” Liberians.

At the inaugural high-level stakeholders meeting in New York, the Member States of the United Nations endorsed the importance of the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund and pledged further support. A total of 33 Member States spoke at the meeting on 4 November, commending the Fund as a fast, relevant and catalytic resource for supporting peacebuilding initiatives in countries emerging from conflict.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on peacebuilding, which was aired during the inaugural meeting of the Peacebuilding Fund high-level stakeholders, in New York on 4 November:

Following is a text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Peacebuilding Fund high-level stakeholders’ meeting, today, 4 November, in New York:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on peacebuilding, today, 13 October:

Acting without a vote this afternoon, the Peacebuilding Commission adopted the draft review of the outcome of its 10 June 2009 High-level Special Session on Sierra Leone.

On the first day of the 2010 Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the World Bank’s Vice-President for the Africa region, Obiageli Ezekwesili, added their voices to that of the President of the Central African Republic, François Bozizé, to increase international attention for critical peacebuilding and development challenges in his post-conflict country.