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PBC meeting

About the Commission


Mandate

In the resolutions establishing the Peacebuilding Commission, resolution? and resolution? of 20 December 2005, the 51³Ô¹Ï General Assembly and the Security Council mandated it:

  • to bring together all relevant actors to marshal resources and to advise on and propose integrated strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery;
  • to focus attention on the reconstruction and institution-building efforts necessary for recovery from conflict and to support the development of integrated strategies in order to lay the foundation for sustainable development;
  • to provide recommendations and information to improve the coordination of all relevant actors within and outside the 51³Ô¹Ï, to develop best practices, to help to ensure predictable financing for early recovery activities and to extend the period of attention given by the international community to postconflict recovery.

In resolutions and , General Assembly and Security Council also stressed the importance of the Peacebuilding Commission to fulfil the following functions in this regard:

  1. To bring sustained international attention to sustaining peace, and to provide political accompaniment and advocacy to countries affected by conflict, with their consent;
  2. To promote an integrated, strategic and coherent approach to peacebuilding, noting that security, development and human rights are closely interlinked and mutually reinforcing;
  3. To serve a bridging role among the principal organs and relevant entities of the 51³Ô¹Ï by sharing advice on peacebuilding needs and priorities, in line with the respective competencies and responsibilities of these bodies;
  4. To serve as a platform to convene all relevant actors within and outside the 51³Ô¹Ï, including from Member States, national authorities, 51³Ô¹Ï missions and country teams, international, regional and subregional organizations, international financial institutions, civil society, women¡¯s groups, youth organizations and, where relevant, the private sector and national human rights institutions, in order to provide recommendations and information to improve their coordination, to develop and share good practices in peacebuilding, including on institution-building, and to ensure predictable financing to peacebuilding.

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Rules of procedure

In accordance with resolutions A/RES/60/180 and S/RES/1645 (2005), the Peacebuilding Commission developed its own rules of procedure and working methods.

The Commission's rules of procedure are contained in document PBC/1/OC/3/REV.2

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Working methods

In 2016, the resolutions on the review of the peacebuilding architecture encouraged the Peacebuilding Commission to review its rules of procedure and to consider diversifying its working methods. The resolutions also requested the Commission to include in its annual report information on progress in implementing this recommendation.

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