2025 Review of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62a Peacebuilding and sustaining peace, published in 2025.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

2 entities

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 4	Peacekeeping operations	31
	Subprogramme 6	Peacebuilding and Peace Support Office	14

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

2 entities

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 4	Peacekeeping operations	31	—
	Subprogramme 6	Peacebuilding and Peace Support Office	14	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Financing Organizational Reform Peacebuilding

What’s in this document?

45 operative paragraphs

Peacebuilding Commission

Reaffirms all relevant resolutions relating to the mandate of the Peacebuilding Commission, and, mindful of the important role of the Commission, also reaffirms the need to strengthen its fulfilment by:

Requesting the Peacebuilding Commission to establish a detailed, predictable and flexible annual programme of work reflecting, inter alia, its country-specific, regional and thematic issues, while also taking into consideration the programmes of work of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council, as appropriate;

Requesting the Peacebuilding Commission, in line with its mandate, to serve as a platform to support Member States, upon their request, to strengthen their national peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts by:

Assisting Member States in building their national capacities to promote, develop, where they do not exist, and implement their voluntary and nationally owned prevention and peacebuilding strategies, efforts and other related frameworks in accordance with their national priorities and needs, including by sharing good practices and lessons learned;

Inviting international financial institutions and regional development banks to engage in relevant country-specific discussions, upon request by the country concerned, including on nationally led and owned prevention and peacebuilding strategies, priorities and other related frameworks and, where appropriate and in line with their governance arrangements, to consider providing additional resources in support of their implementation;

Taking note of the decision of the Security Council to consider, where appropriate and on a case-by-case basis, referring countries transitioning off its agenda, at their request and with their consent, to the Peacebuilding Commission, with due respect for national ownership and mindful of the benefits of sustained engagement with the Commission;

Requesting the Peacebuilding Commission to strengthen its impact through regular follow-up, monitoring and assessment of the implementation of its outcomes, and diversified modalities of engagement with relevant stakeholders;

Requesting the Peacebuilding Commission to continue serving as a platform to convene all relevant actors, and gather analysis and expertise, including by leveraging information related to peacebuilding impact, with a view to advocating for developing and sharing good practices in peacebuilding and promoting system-wide coordination;

Requesting the Peacebuilding Commission to continue monitoring the implementation of its existing strategies and action plans, including through their regular assessments, to advance the women and peace and security and youth, peace and security agendas, with a view to supporting the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women, and promoting the full, effective, safe and meaningful participation of youth in peacebuilding and sustaining peace;

Requesting the Peacebuilding Commission to continue reviewing its working methods and practices, with a view to enhancing the efficiency in delivering on its mandates, and its impact in support of peacebuilding and sustaining peace, and also requesting the Commission to report back in the context of its annual report;

Reaffirming the practice that, in the use of conference rooms, priority must be given to meetings of Member States, and in this regard requests the Secretariat to explore options, within existing resources, to regularly provide venues and conference services to the Peacebuilding Commission, including by providing it with priority access to rooms with full United Nations membership capacity for its ambassadorial-level meetings, without prejudice to the scheduling requirements of the Charter bodies;

Requesting the Department of Global Communications of the Secretariat, in partnership with the Peacebuilding Support Office, and within existing resources, to support the Peacebuilding Commission in providing regular coverage and increasing the visibility of its activities in order to attract more attention from the media and the public;

Recognizes the importance of further enhancing the advisory role of the Peacebuilding Commission, and in this regard:

Decides, where appropriate and through its relevant agenda items, and with a view to further strengthening its engagement with the Peacebuilding Commission, to consider seeking strategic and context-specific advice from the Peacebuilding Commission, including, where relevant, through the convening of joint debates and the provision by the Commission of advice and remarks to the General Assembly, and through more regular, demand-driven interactions between the Commission and the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations;

May consider, when seeking the advice of the Peacebuilding Commission, diverse formats of engagement, as appropriate, including briefings, written submissions, informal interactive dialogues and other informal consultations;

Requests the Peacebuilding Commission to utilize its convening role to gather contributions from a broad range of stakeholders that may be used in the preparation of its advice, so as to provide recommendations and information to improve their coordination, to develop and share good practices in peacebuilding, and in this regard further requests the United Nations leadership in countries considered by the Commission to regularly brief the Commission, as appropriate, on the peacebuilding components of relevant mandates and activities;

Takes note of the intention of the Security Council to encourage stronger cooperation with the Peacebuilding Commission, including through more specific requests, early consultations and the provision of timely advice, including with the longer-term perspective required for peacebuilding and sustaining peace being reflected in the formation, review and drawdown of peace operations mandates, as well as planning and early coordination preceding transition processes;

Encourages improved cooperation between the Peacebuilding Commission and the Economic and Social Council, in accordance with their respective mandates, taking into account the oversight role of the Council for operational activities for development and humanitarian assistance and its overall coordination of the United Nations development system, including through the agencies, funds and programmes, in support of coordination and coherence in peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts with a view to maximizing impact on the ground;

Calls for the Peacebuilding Commission to serve as a platform to enhance United Nations system-wide coherence in support of peacebuilding and sustaining peace, including by encouraging input to its deliberations from across the United Nations system;

Encourages United Nations country teams, under the leadership and coordination of resident coordinators, to improve inter-agency coordination and synergy, consistent with their respective mandates, and to contribute to the efforts of the Peacebuilding Commission in peacebuilding and sustaining peace, addressing risks for development programming and fostering resilience, at the request of host countries and in accordance with their national ownership, plans and priorities, and further requests that resident coordinators be provided with necessary capacities and training to support these priorities, within existing resources;

Requests the Secretary-General to further encourage systematic and strategic collaboration with international financial institutions at the country level, leveraging comparative advantages, including by requesting resident coordinators to make systematic use of partnership tools, as appropriate, to support joint analysis, assessment, coordination and programming efforts, upon request of the national Governments and authorities of the countries concerned, and also requests the Secretary-General to continue updating the Peacebuilding Commission on this collaboration through existing modalities;

Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission, in full respect of national ownership, to continue mobilizing resources and technical expertise for national peacebuilding priorities, such as in relation to development, human rights, justice, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and security sector reform, to support national efforts to build and strengthen the capacities of inclusive, resilient and accountable national institutions and enhance good governance;

Also encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to further strengthen its strategic and operational partnerships with international financial institutions to advance peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts, including by establishing, within existing resources, an annual strategic dialogue with international financial institutions, and holding informal exchanges between the Commission and the executive boards of those institutions;

Welcomes the existing collaboration of the Peacebuilding Commission with regional and subregional organizations, and encourages the Commission to explore opportunities, within existing resources, for a more systematic engagement with other relevant regional and subregional organizations where such engagement supports nationally identified peacebuilding priorities;

Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to further strengthen its relationship with the African Union with a view to supporting the pillars of the African Union Post-Conflict, Reconstruction and Development policy for its implementation, and in this regard requests the Peacebuilding Support Office to further strengthen its cooperation with the African Union Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development for implementing the memorandum of understanding on United Nations-African Union partnership in peacebuilding of 2017, and also encourages the Commission to further enhance its strategic partnership with the African Union Peace and Security Council and to create a mechanism, within existing resources, to follow up on the implementation of relevant recommendations that emanate from their annual joint consultative meetings;

Also encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to further consult with relevant civil society organizations, especially local peacebuilders, grass-roots organizations, and women-led and youth-led organizations from countries considered by the Commission;

Decides to establish, within existing resources, an annual “peacebuilding week” in June, timed around the commemoration of the inaugural meeting of the Commission, aimed at raising awareness of the peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts of the United Nations among a wide and inclusive group of stakeholders, fostering inclusive dialogue on peacebuilding approaches and promoting the sharing of good practices in peacebuilding and sustaining peace;

Peacebuilding financing

Calls for the full implementation of relevant resolutions on financing for peacebuilding;

Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to maintain a regular and strategic dialogue with the Peacebuilding Fund, and continue its engagement with the Advisory Group of the Fund to support improved strategic alignment and information-sharing;

Encourages countries receiving support from the Peacebuilding Fund to share with the Peacebuilding Commission their national peacebuilding priorities, challenges and lessons learned as well as key outcomes and results of activities financed through the Fund, and requests the Secretary-General to reflect this information in the existing reporting on the Fund, where relevant;

Encourages the Secretary-General to consider how the Peacebuilding Fund can further enhance its support to conflict-affected countries preparing for or undergoing transitions from peace operations, in accordance with their national priorities;

Also encourages the Secretary-General to utilize the Peacebuilding Fund to support countries, upon their request, to work in coordination with relevant stakeholders, on the basis of the principles of national leadership and ownership, to advance greater coherence in peacebuilding, including in support of voluntary national prevention and peacebuilding strategies and approaches to sustain peace;

Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission, in coordination with the Peacebuilding Fund and the Peacebuilding Support Office, to engage with the private sector to promote investments with a view to supporting the national peacebuilding priorities and activities in conflict-affected countries considered by the Commission;

Requests the Secretary-General to update, within existing modalities, the Peacebuilding Commission and inform its discussions on progress made and forthcoming opportunities with respect to innovative finance for peacebuilding, including recommendations for further action;

Requests the Peacebuilding Support Office to provide annual updates, within existing modalities, on progress in advancing United Nations partnership with international financial institutions, including regional development banks and other relevant financing partners, including examples of innovation and good practice and the catalytic effect of the Peacebuilding Fund;

Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission, recalling its mandate to bring together all relevant actors to marshal resources, to track the amount of resources it mobilizes in support of countries under its consideration and have the Chair provide an update thereon, within existing resources;

Encourages continued investment by Member States in initiatives that promote the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and leadership of women in peacebuilding, including through support for the social, economic and political empowerment of women;

Urges efforts to address existing financing gaps for youth-led initiatives and youth organizations to ensure the full, effective and meaningful participation of youth in the design, monitoring and implementation of peacebuilding efforts at all levels, and encourages all financing stakeholders to increase coordination and collaboration with youth on financing national priorities;

Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs/Peacebuilding Support Office

Encourages the Peacebuilding Support Office to further enhance internal cooperation and coordination and continue using its existing coordination mechanisms to gather timely and relevant contributions from relevant actors within and outside the United Nations, to support the thematic and geographic activities of the Peacebuilding Commission in a timely, focused and relevant manner;

Encourages the Secretary-General to more systematically include data and analysis in his reporting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, and in this regard further encourages the Secretary-General to leverage the expertise of the Peacebuilding Support Office on measuring impact for an evidence-based and more cohesive approach to peacebuilding impact, drawing on capabilities from across the system to track and report on peacebuilding impact at the country and regional levels more effectively, with the support of all relevant national stakeholders, and to update, as appropriate, the Peacebuilding Commission, within existing resources;

Recognizes the important role of the Peacebuilding Support Office with its intergovernmental, strategy and partnerships, and financing expertise, and efforts to leverage the entire United Nations system and key partners, in support of the Peacebuilding Commission and of Member States’ national peacebuilding needs and objectives, bearing in mind the context of ongoing reforms of the United Nations, and encourages Member States to strengthen the capacities of the Peacebuilding Support Office, within existing resources, or through voluntary funding;

Requests the Secretary-General to assess how ongoing reforms of the United Nations in the context of the UN80 Initiative, in line with relevant General Assembly resolutions, can further enhance cooperation among relevant United Nations system entities to deliver more coordinated, coherent, integrated and impactful peacebuilding efforts at the country level, including by improving leadership, accountability and capacity for peacebuilding and sustaining peace;

Requests the Peacebuilding Commission to include in its annual report information on progress in implementing relevant provisions of the present resolution ahead of the next review;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to continue to present a report every two years following this review, on the ongoing implementation of the resolutions on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, with due attention to the impact of relevant reforms on the performance of the United Nations system in advancing the implementation of the resolutions on peacebuilding and sustaining peace;

Calls for a further comprehensive review of United Nations peacebuilding in 2030.

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Peacebuilding Commission

Peacebuilding financing

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