05.02.10 Re-engineering the UN Peacebuilding Architecture
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This Working Paper is one of nine essays that examine the possible future role of the UN’s peacebuilding architecture. They were written as part of a project co-organized by the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. All of the contributors to the project were asked to identify realistic but ambitious “stretch targets” for the Peacebuilding Commission and its associated bodies over the next five to ten years. The resulting Working Papers, including this one, seek to stimulate fresh thinking about the UN’s role in peacebuilding.
This paper argues that if the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) are to avoid longterm institutional decline, they will, over the next five to ten years, need to position themselves to play new roles – in terms of mandate, resources, procedures, and partnerships.
The Future of the Peacebuilding Architecture Project
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This paper argues that if the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) are to avoid longterm institutional decline, they will, over the next five to ten years, need to position themselves to play new roles – in terms of mandate, resources, procedures, and partnerships. Four potential roles are discussed.
- First, the Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA) could seek to lead an integrated approach to conflict prevention – not just lessening the risks of war recurring in countries ‘emerging from conflict,’ but also reducing the chances of an initial outbreak in countries facing an array of destabilizing forces.
- Second, the PBA could occupy a more central niche in the stabilization and recovery planning process by managing an otherwise-decentralized international civilian-response capacity.
- Third, the PBA could be tasked with ensuring that donors and aid-receiving post-conflict states live up to commitments found in country-specific peacebuilding ‘compacts,’ which must be arrived at through a more streamlined process.
- And, fourth, the PBA’s work plan could be tied to the process by which countries ‘graduate’ from the Security Council’s agenda (as distinct from the PBC’s agenda, where such countries may remain for a longer period).
The paper identifies the pedigree of all four proposals, which have surfaced from time to time, and assesses the chances that future circumstances might prove more conducive to their enactment.
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