UN Peacebuilding and Peace Support

08/14/2026

In a recent interview, Kaltumi Abdulazeez, a young peacebuilder from Nigeria shares her thoughts on how the first-ever Peacebuilding Week provided an opportunity to reflect on shared visions, passions and commitments to building peace.

Ladies Empowerment Goals and Support Initiative

08/13/2026

ASG Spehar met with Kaltumi Abdulazeez, founder of Ladies Empowerment Goals and Support Initiative (LEGASI). Learn more about the organization in the 2nd part of the interview here. ​​​​

08/12/2026

Today, the Peacebuilding and Peace Support Office marks International with a message celebrating young peacebuilders from around the world. 🌎

Thank you for your leadership, commitment, and resilience. Your voice matters.

08/10/2026

What does peace mean to you? 🕊️

On 1️⃣2️⃣ August, we celebrate International Youth Day. During the first-ever Peacebuilding Week, ASG Spehar met with Kaltumi Abdulazeez, founder of Ladies Empowerment Goals and Support Initiative (LEGASI). She shared her thoughts on what peace means: living without fear.

Listen to the first part of the interview here​.

06/26/2026

? Only $1 is spent on for every $100 on war.

Increasing conflicts, geopolitical divides, protracted crises, a global governance backsliding, mounting financial pressures and growing strain on multilateralism and international solidarity are reshaping .

At anchor event "Investing in Peace When the World Pays for War and Launch of the Peacebuilding Overview Report series: Building Peace in a Changing World", stakeholders are exploring challenges, renewed commitments and strengthened impact through better data, partnerships & innovation.

Watch LIVE now: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1lmdhgcst

This event will convene a diverse group of practitioners and policy makers, academia and civil society leaders for a conversation on the state of peacebuilding: the urgent challenges it faces and the adaptive approaches needed to address them.

06/26/2026

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol, shares a message celebrating the partnership between FAO and the Peacebuilding Fund for its 20th anniversary, reflecting on how food security and peace are interconnected and the ways in which the PBF has invested in crucial preventative strategies: "Through our partnership, we have helped restore marshlands and irrigation systems in Burundi, strengthen livelihoods and social cohesion in Guinea, and support vulnerable farming communities in Guinea-Bissau while rebuilding seed systems in Sierra Leone."

06/25/2026

On Week, it is “to foster inclusive dialogue on peacebuilding approaches to promote sharing of good practices among Member States and partners and continuing discussions that started in the PBAR process” - H.E. Mr. Samuel Žbogar, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations

06/25/2026

"Peacebuilding through Innovation: Advancing SDG 16 through Innovative Partnerships, Finance and Technology," hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations, brought together senior United Nations leaders, Member States and partners to ask how new partnerships, financing and technology can reshape the way we build and sustain peace.

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed set the tone: peace cannot be achieved through traditional approaches alone, and we must rethink how we partner, invest and innovate for peace.

Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding and Peace Support Elizabeth Spehar closed with three reflections: that we need a new generation of partnerships where private actors are co-investors in peace, not just participants; that peace financing must move beyond short-term, fragmented, grant-based models toward blended approaches that bring different forms of capital together; and that technology must be harnessed responsibly, remaining human-led, conflict-sensitive and inclusive.

The thread running through the day was simple: peace does not happen by default. It has to be intentional, built deliberately into how partnerships are formed, how investments are structured and how success is measured.

More to come as the week continues. Follow along under
United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
United Nations Peacekeeping

06/25/2026

“As we begin this first Peacebuilding Week let us ensure that it becomes more than an annual gathering” …“Let it [Peacebuilding Week] become a platform for practical cooperation, policy innovation and measurable impact, most importantly let it help bring peacebuilding and prevention closer to the people and communities we seek to serve” - H.E. Mr. Ihab Moustafa Awad Moustafa, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations بعثة مصر الدائمة لدى الأمم المتحدة في نيويورك - Egypt Mission to the UN

06/25/2026

“Peace is not merely the absence of conflict but the presence of opportunity, of justice and of hope” - H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission