"PEACEBUILDING"

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the Security Council, “The world is facing the highest number of violent conflicts since the Second World War. Two billion people, one quarter of humanity, live in places affected by conflict”. UNIFEED

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told reporters, “We cannot leave and abandon the women of Afghanistan. It's not when it gets hard that we drop off. It's when it gets hard that they see more of us and that we're there in solidarity with them.” UNIFEED / UNAMA

During a two-day high-level conference on the Lake Chad Basin, Governments of the region – Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon - as well as international donors and international organizations came together to discuss the needs in order to “heal the region’s wounds”. UNTV CH

War leaving invisible scars for Ukrainians, Under-Secretary-General tells Security Council, noting one fourth of population will develop mental-health condition.

The top UN political affairs official told the Security Council that “there is no sign of an end to the fighting” in Ukraine and “the logic that prevails is a military one, with very little, if any, room for dialogue right now.” UNIFEED

Rural reform critical to building ‘more peaceful, prosperous Colombia’, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General.

The Situation in the Middle East, Including the Palestinian Question - Security Council, 9236th Meeting

Hybrid press briefing by Ambassador ISHIKANE Kimihiro, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of January. 

Most peace support operations occur in environments dominated by persistent threats to civilians and significant social and economic disparities. Due to political pressures placed on UN peace operations, reconfigurations and drawdowns have often occurred amid incomplete implementation of agreements and political settlements. As a result, peacebuilding and sustainable peace have remained elusive, with UN Missions deployed in protracted situations that sometimes last for decades.