Calling for more diplomacy, dialogue and mediation to head off conflicts before they break out, 51³Ô¹Ï officials urged a gathering of world leaders on Tuesday to help strengthen a new approach to sustaining peace, which aims to put prevention at the heart of the UN¡¯s work.
It is expected to be the largest gathering of Heads of State and Government and Ministers at UN Headquarters since the General Debate in September 2017, and a ¡°key legacy¡± event for Mr. ?Laj?¨¢k¡¯s presidency, as his spokesman put it.
The meeting will be held in line with ¡°twin¡± resolutions in 2016 of the General Assembly and the Security Council on the review of the 51³Ô¹Ï peacebuilding architecture. These resolutions renew the UN¡¯s commitment to conflict prevention as embodied in the?.
By Miroslav Laj?¨¢k
16 April 2018
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When the 51³Ô¹Ï was created, its founders envisioned a different kind of world.
A world in which disputes were resolved in meeting rooms and not battlefields. A world in which wars were stopped before they broke out. A world that didn¡¯t wait for lives to be lost before springing into action.
8 Mar 2018?-? The President of the General Assembly briefed the Peacebuilding Commission on the preparations for the High-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace scheduled for 24-25 April 2018.
The video of this informal meeting is available at ?
The imbalance between spending on conflict, and spending on peace, must be tackled head-on, Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres said Monday, urging the 51³Ô¹Ï to rally all international actors ¡°for our efforts across the peace continuum ¨C from prevention, conflict resolution and peacekeeping to peacebuilding and sustainable long-term development.¡±
