What needs to be done to improve the impact of the UN Peacebuilding Commission? 🆕 NUPI input paper for the review of the 🇺🇳 UN #Peacebuilding Architecture in 2025 #PBAR #PBC ➡️nupi.no/en/publication…

🇺🇳To shape the next generation of #UN #peaceoperations, it’s time to adress the politics & upgrade the toolbox. #CAF24Berlin will gather partners for 2⃣ days of forward-thinking discussions. 📥Time to prepare! 🖥️Open sessons will be livestreamed 🇩🇪Co-hosted by Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze (ZIF)

🎧 How is #climatechange tackled as a potential threat in areas not characterized by violent conflict? Erin Sikorsky (@cntrclimsec & International Military Council on Climate Security), Cedric de Coning, Minoo Koefoed & Thor Olav Iversen discuss responses to #climatechange on #peace and #security ⤵️ ow.ly/rR4s50TXRWc

Addressing connections between climate, peace and security, UNEP’s Jowhar Offstream Storage Program will support communities to strengthen governance, manage risks, protect vital natural resources, and enhance resilience for peaceful and sustainable development. #ClimatePeace

🇺🇳📽️Watch the recording of the launch seminar here: youtu.be/rTgfnyEQoEY

A few things we'll be watching out for in terms of US-Africa relations under the new Trump Administration at ISS/#AfricaInTheWorld 🇺🇸🌍 (thread):

#CAR🇨🇫 is highly exposed to the impacts of #ClimateChange due to socioecological vulnerabilities and ongoing insecurity. Although the security situation has improved in recent years, it remains volatile. Find out more in this SIPRI–NUPI fact sheet ➡️

#Peacekeeping is indeed one of the #UN's most effective tool to prevent & reduce the negative consequences of armed conflict, & to sustain #peacesecurity 🇺🇳 but the missions are nothing without their dedicated #Peacekeepers

🇺🇳 How has #MONUSCO worked to implement the WPS dimensions of its mandate in the period from 2010 to 2021? Check out the launch of the report that has looked into Women, Peace and Security in UN Peacekeeping with lessons from the #DRC here: youtube.com/watch?v=rTgfny…

📢While there is growing appreciation of the need for protection of civilians, there remain lack of policy clarity on how this can be achieved practically. Having regard to the challenges to the use of conventional mechanisms for protection of civilians, the Policy Brief

Joint press release here: tinyurl.com/ywkmhvnu on tomorrow’s #AU PSC African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security & #EU PSC 15th Annual Joint Consultative Meeting. These frequent meetings reaffirm commitment of both Unions to strengthen their strategic partnership in promoting peace, security & stability #AUEU

📈 How can the UN Integrated Office in Haiti 🇭🇹 (#BINUH) increase the chances of success for the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission to the country? 🧠 Provide advisory support and expertise in certain areas. 🤝 Support MSS collaboration with relevant UN agencies and UN

At the Operational Technical Committee meeting of the AU-EU-UN Partnership for the Enhancement of the Compliance &Accountability Framework for AU PSOs, I urged for greater collaboration & consensus towards supporting T/PCCs’ compliance in their noble missions to protect civilians

🚨NEW: What Is the State of United Nations and Regional Interventions in Eastern DRC? Interview with Congolese researcher and human rights lawyer, Pascal Kambale; by @Ipinst @AlbertBTrithart Read the interview here ⬇️ theglobalobservatory.org/2024/11/what-i…

Important reflections in India on how #ClimateChange can affect the ability of peacekeepers to carry out mandated tasks like protection, with inputs from NUPI’s Ingvild Brodtkorb

In reformulating the tripartite mechanism managed by UNIFIL, the U.S. is building on a successful part of the UN machinery in #Lebanon. See Adam Day here: peacepolicy.nd.edu/2018/10/03/pre…

The African Union is facilitating the development of a Common African Position on #CllimateChange , Peace and Security. Read more about the challenges, priorities and principles identified thus far in the process in this piece by ⁦Amb. Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, PhD⁩ ⁦ accord.org.za/analysis/why-c…

In #Colombia🇨🇴, the combination of non-state armed groups, entrenched violence, social inequality and environmental challenges continues to hinder progress on the 2016 peace agreement. Find out more in this SIPRI–NUPI Fact Sheet ➡️ bit.ly/4eFKa7i

In our latest for @crisisgroup, Richard Gowan and I take stock of recent peacekeeping debates at the UN. We come away with a less fatalistic view than one might expect, arguing that the time is ripe for fresh thinking about the future of UN missions. crisisgroup.org/global/fresh-t…

🌟2024 recap: Click 👉 bit.ly/3WDN7Pk to watch how, together w/our partners, ACCORD ISS NUPI, we promoted peace & sec’ty in 🌍 thru dialogue & action.Norway MFA