Lively discussion UN University on peacebuilding, women, peace and security, the 2025 peacebuilding architecture review, with both challenges and opportunities ahead! Heartening to see the engagement of youth!

Thank you JICA JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency colleagues for a warm welcome and excellent conversation on peacebuilding, human security, a “nexus” approach, and importance of measuring impact on the ground. Excited at the potential for collaboration toward shared objectives!

An honor to meet with Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamikawa 🇯🇵 . Very grateful for Japan’s exemplary leadership and steadfast support to peacebuilding, including @UNpeacebuilding Fund and engagement on the Peacebuilding Commission. We count on Japan.

A productive briefing with the newly appointed DSRSG UNOWAS Ms. Barrie Freeman. Excited for our close collaboration for durable peace.

Congratulations to Pradeep Kurukulasuriya Pradeep Kurukulasuriya on being appointed as the new UNCDF Executive Secretary. Looking forward to exploring opportunities to foster peace through development finance and political alignment in fragile contexts.

Thank you Norway MFA for hosting 2024 Annual Strategic Dialogue of PBF top voluntary donors: strategic direction, impact, collaboration, localization, resourcing, sustaining peace in UN transition contexts - a full and important agenda.

Thank you Pascalle Groitenhuis Pascalle Grotenhuis and Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 for a host of constructive discussions on how to support effective, impactful, nationally & locally led peacebuilding efforts around the globe. Peace matters to all of us!

Pleased to meet Germany’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Susanne Baumann to discuss global challenges for peacebuilding and stabilization balanced with domestic and regional challenges. Need to communicate our successes and impact and mobilize more partnerships.

Always a pleasure to meet with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Assistant High Commissioner, Raouf Mazou. We discussed the strong partnership between UNHCR & UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. Ensuring that peacebuilding initiatives contribute to addressing the roots of forced displacement is key.

Honored to meet the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of The Gambia, H.E. Mr. Seedy Keita. 🇬🇲 We had an insightful exchange on the importance of peace positive investments in support of conflict prevention & durable peace. 🕊️

Pleased to meet Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR to discuss the connecting thread of prevention, and how disaster risk reduction can be an entry point to peacebuilding.

Great meeting with ASG Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda. We discussed challenges to gender equality & women’s empowerment in a global climate of increasing conflict, and the opportunities our ongoing partnership with UN Women presents to work on these together.

Assistant Secretary-General Elizabeth Spehar stressed the need for a comprehensive approach to #prevention and #peacebuilding to address transboundary threats that can impact and even derail national efforts, including climate change and terrorism. dppa.un.org/en/mtg-sc-9710…

“Prevention and peacebuilding can break the cycle of violence and lay the foundations to ensure sustainable development is possible for all,” UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support Elizabeth Spehar told the Security Council on Wednesday. news.un.org/en/story/2024/…