Arrangement

Building on the positive synergies created through interdisciplinary, global collaborations, such as the Challenges Forum, the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network, the Global Alliance for Peace Operations and other partners, Peace Operations Review Week brings together the expert community working on issues related to peace operations and global crisis management. This critical mass of expertise aims to support and inform the Review on the Future of All Forms of Peace Operations – tasked in the 2024 Pact for the Future.

Peace Operations Review Week will consist of a series of workshops (ranging from 1 to 3 hours, some public, some closed) on a host of issues related to peace operations, rounded off by a closing discussion with the Department of Peacebuilding and Political Affairs and the Department of Peace Operations. The discussions during the week also set the stage for further deliberations at the annual conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres (IAPTC) taking place the following week (10-14 November) in Vicenza, Italy.

 

Overview of Planned Events

04 November

17:30-20:00: Reception & Film Screening - Doves in Zero Gravity

International Peace Institute, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Jenna Russo

Register HERE for reception and film screening!

No virtual attendance possible.

05 November

08:00-10:00: Sustaining Effective UN Peace Operations in an Era of Geopolitical Turbulence

Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN, 1 Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza #35, New York, NY 10017 (885 2nd Avenue, between 47th and 48th Street)

Contact: Jair van der Lijn

Register HERE for discussion on peace operations and geopolitics!

For virtual attendance sign-up via email to: ola.erland.nordtveit@mfa.no
 

10:30-12:00: Official opening of Peace Ops Review Week & Launch of the outcomes of the Challenges Annual Forum 2025 

United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 6

Contact: Jennifer Schmidt

Register HERE for the official opening!

The event will stream on UN Web TV: Inauguration of Peace Operations Review Week and launch of the key findings from the Challenges Annual Forum 2025 | UN Web TV.
 

12:30-14:30: Lunch discussion: Strengthening UN Peace Operations in the Wake of the Berlin Peacekeeping Ministerial

Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Joachim Koops

Register HERE to join the lunch discussion

Online participation TBD.

12:30-14:00: The Future of WPS in UN Peace Operations – What is at Stake?

Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the UN, 885 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Lotte Vermeij

Registration link to follow.

No virtual attendance possible.

14:00-16:00: The role of Unarmed Protection in the future of peace operations: Lessons from Palestine, Mindanao and South Sudan 

Church Center, 11th floor, 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Gay Rosenblum-Kumar

Register HERE for discussion on unarmed protection!

Register HERE to participate over Zoom. 

14:00-15:30: Peace operations responses to borderland challenges, past practice and future directions 

United Nations University, 767 Third Avenue 35B, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Erica Gaston

Register HERE for discussion om borderland challenges!
 

06 November

09:30-12:00: Defining Pathways Forward: Enhancing the Partnership between the African Union and the United Nations in Peace Operations 

Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the UN, 305 East 47th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Cedric de Coning

To register please contact Mariana Llorens Zabala

Register HERE to join our event!

Online participation TBD.

12:30-14:45: The Future of UN Peace Operations: Use of Force, Mandates, and the Protection of Civilians. An Operational Dialogue on the Challenges Facing Peacekeepers and Troop Contributing Countries

Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN, 1 Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza #35, New York, NY 10017 (885 2nd Avenue, between 47th and 48th Street)

Contact: Lotte Vermeij

Register HERE for discussion on the use of force!

No virtual attendance possible.

15:00-17:00: UN Police and the Future of Peace Operations

International Peace Institute, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Jenna Russo

Register HERE for discussion on UN Police!

 

07 November

08:30-10:00: Peace Operations and Peacebuilding – Matching potential with implementation 

Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

(Contact: Annika Hansen)

Register HERE for discussion on peacebuilding!

To join the online meeting use this link.

09:00-12:00: Examining Protection Approaches in UN Peace Operations

International Peace Institute, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Jenna Russo

Register HERE for discussion on protection approaches!

10:00-11:30: The Impact of Climate Change on the Ability of Peace Operations to fulfil core mandated tasks

Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN, 666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Cedric de Coning

Register HERE to join this event. 

Online participation TBD.

12:00-13:30: Peace Operations Review Week Findings: Implications for Future Education and Training

Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN, 8 East, 65th Street New York, NY 10065 (TBC)

Contact: Annika Hilding-Norberg

To register please contact Maéna Blois.

To join the online meeting use this link.

12:00-13:30: Haiti and the Future of Peace Operations

Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN, 466 Lexington Ave 20th floor, New York, NY 10017

Contact: Annika Hansen

Register HERE for discussion on Haiti.

Info on online participation to follow.

14:00-15:00: Closing Event: Comprehensive Review of Peace Operations: Status Update and Reflecting on Insights Gained during Review Week

Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN, 666 Third Avenue New York NY 10017 (TBC)

Contact: Cedric de Coning or Annika Hansen

Register HERE to join the closing event. 

 

Provisional programme as of 26 October 2025 – additional events continue to be planned….

Contact

For more information, kindly contact

Annika Hansen, Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF)

Cedric de Coning, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)