UN Documents for Peacebuilding (including the PBC)

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
14 June 2023 S/RES/2686 This was a resolution on tolerance and international peace and security which was adopted under the "Maintenance of international peace and security" agenda item.
21 December 2020 S/RES/2558 This resolution was on the 15-year review of UN peacebuilding, welcoming progress and encouraging continued actions to implement the 2016 resolutions on the ten-year review of UN peacebuilding.
26 April 2018 S/RES/2413 This was a resolution, mirroring the procedural resolution in the General Assembly, that took note of the General Assembly's decision to invite relevant UN bodies and organs to further consider the recommendations and options in the Secretary-General's implementation report on peacebuilding and sustaining peace.
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements View All
18 December 2018 S/PRST/2018/20 This was a presidential statement on the Peacebuilding Commission’s advisory role to the Council, initiated by Sweden.
21 December 2017 S/PRST/2017/27 This was a presidential statement that laid out the elements related to peacebuilding and sustaining peace to be considered when reviewing the mandates and configuration of peacekeeping missions.
28 July 2016 S/PRST/2016/12 This was a presidential statement on peacebuilding.
Selected Secretary-General's Reports View All
25 November 2024 A/79/552-S/2024/767 This was the Secretary-General's report on continued implementation of the resolutions on peacebuilding and sustaining peacein advance of the 2025 review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture.
29 February 2024 A/78/779 This was the Secretary-General's 14th annual report on the Peacebuilding Fund covering the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.
1 March 2022 A/76/732 This was a Secretary-General's report requesting the General Assembly to appropriate assessed contributions to the Peacebuilding Fund.
Selected Security Council Letters View All
31 May 2024 A/78/902-S/2024/430 This was a letter from Japan containing a summary of the open debate held on 13 and 19 March on “Promoting conflict prevention – empowering all actors including women and youth” under the agenda item "Peacebuilding and sustaining peace”.
23 May 2024 S/2024/404 This was advice from the Peacebuilding Commission for the Council debate on the “Maintenance of international peace and security: the role of women and young people”, which was held on 28 May 2024.
30 April 2024 A/78/870-S/2024/339 This letter contained the terms of reference for the 2025 review of the UN peacebuilding architecture.
Selected Security Council Meeting Records View All
13 March 2024 S/PV.9574 This was a Security Council open debate on conflict prevention held under the Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace agenda item with briefings by Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo; Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Ambassador Sérgio França Danese (Brazil); Professor of the Practice of International Politics at Tufts University Abiodun Williams; and Programme Manager at the Pacific Women Mediators Network Sharon Bhagwan Rolls.
3 May 2023 S/PV.9315 (Resumption 1) This was the meeting record of the second half of the Council open debate on “Futureproofing Trust for Sustaining Peace”.
3 May 2023 S/PV.9315 This was the meeting record of the Council's 3 May open debate on “Futureproofing Trust for Sustaining Peace”.
Selected Security Council Press Statements View All
13 January 2012 SC/10521 This statement was on the death of President Malam Bacai Sanh and an abortive coup in Guinea-Bissau on 26 December 2011.
25 February 2011 SC/10184 This was a press statement on Guinea-Bissau.
Selected General Assembly Documents View All
22 December 2023 A/RES/78/257 This resolution approved $50 million of assessed contributions per annum to the Peacebuilding Fund, starting 1 January 2025.
17 February 2023 A/77/756 This was the Secretary-General's annual report on the Peacebuilding Fund.
8 September 2022 A/RES/76/307 This was a General Assembly resolution on Modalities for the Summit of the Future.
Selected Peacebuilding Commission Documents View All
9 May 2024 A/78/765/Corr.1-S/2024/153/Corr.1 This was a corrigendum issued for the PBC's annual report on its 17th session, correcting it to report that the PBC submitted advice to the Security Council fifteen times in 2023 (instead of 16 as cited in the original report).
9 February 2024 A/78/765-S/2024/153 This was the annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission, which covered its seventeenth session, held from 1 January to 31 December 2023.
2 February 2024 PBC/18/OC/SR.1 This was the summary record of the first meeting of the Peacebuilding Commission's 18th session, including the adoption of the PBC's annual report on its 17th session and the election of its chairs and vice chairs.
Selected Other Documents View All
22 January 2024 Arria-formula Meeting Concept Note: “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace through Comprehensive Approaches” This was a concept note for an Arria-formula meeting titled “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace through Comprehensive Approaches–Investment in People, including Empowerment of Women”, which was convened by Guyana, Japan, and Mozambique on 22 January 2024.
2 March 2018 S/2018/86 This was the progress study on youth, peace and security.
18 October 2016 PSC/PR/COMM.(DCXXXIII) This was the communiqué of the AU PSC at its 633rd meeting on its partnership with the UN Peacebuilding Commission.