10/20/2026
We're honored to announce that on Monday, October 26, the the Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the UN, and the European Union Delegation to the United Nations in collaboration with the United States-Bosnia and Herzegovina Exchange Council, will host a research presentation and roundtable at UN Headquarters in New York.
We invite you to follow the discussion live!
• Date: Monday, October 26
• Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET
• Watch live: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14/k149nqkuxz
"Recentering Citizens in Peace and Political Progress: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina: Relevance for a Wider International Agenda" brings together senior UN officials, diplomats, researchers, civil society representatives and youth leaders to look at where citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina find common ground, and how that common ground can support stronger institutions and political progress.
More than three decades after Dayton, political and constitutional disagreements remain real. Yet recent research shows broad agreement among citizens on equal rights, impartial institutions, accountable governance and effective public services. The discussion will ask what this means for Bosnia and Herzegovina and for other divided and post-conflict societies.
The program draws on two research initiatives completed this year. The University of Luxembourg's CONSENT BiH project, based on interviews, focus groups and a nationally weighted survey of 2,009 citizens, examines public preferences on constitutional arrangements and institutional reform. Research led by the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs in partnership with the Institute for Development Impact - I4DI looks at how cooperation works in practice across the Armed Forces, business, academia, civil society and the diaspora. The event will also highlight the Students' Peace Declaration, led by the University of Sarajevo and the EUPeace - European University Alliance, which now has more than 156 signatories across Europe.
Remarks will be delivered by
• H.E. Dr. Zlatko Lagumdžija, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN
• H.E. Ms. Véronique Dockendorf, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the UN
• Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding and Peace Support
• Ms. Mô Bleeker, UN Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect and Assistant Secretary-General.
Findings will be presented by Dr. Josip Glaurdić (University of Luxembourg), Dr. Catherine Panter-Brick and Dr. David Simon (Yale University), and Mr. Imran Pašalić, former President of the Students' Parliament of the University of Sarajevo.
Ms. Andrea Pozderac (I4DI) and Mr. Mak Nurkić (Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs) will moderate the conversation.
If you have any questions, reach out to us!
