Joint meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Peacebuilding Commission.


The Peacebuilding Commission fosters coordinated approaches to support nationally-owned peacebuilding efforts across the United Nations system. To ensure collaboration among humanitarian, development, and peace actors, in line with the nexus approach, the Commission regularly invites briefers from the field, including representatives from peacekeeping operations, special political missions, United Nations Country Teams, and other UN political presences to participate in its country and region-specific meetings. Exercising its convening authority, the Commission can also invite representatives from international financial institutions, regional development banks, and relevant partners to participate in its engagements, with a view to optimising their potential as “agents of peace”. In addition to representatives from UN entities, the Commission regularly invites external partners to provide briefings during its meetings, including national and local government officials, regional and subregional organizations, intergovernmental bodies, civil society organizations, and international financial institutions. Additionally, in 2024 the Commission formalized its relationship with the African Union and held its seventh annual consultative meeting with the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), reinforcing their partnership to support peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction and development across Africa. In a joint statement, the AUPSC and the Commission agreed to continue strengthening their cooperation on issues of peace and security in Africa, welcomed regional and sub-regional peacebuilding efforts, called for more sustainable and adequate financing for peacebuilding, and agreed to convene their 8th Annual Consultative Meeting, preparations for which are ongoing. 

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