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Von Steiger Weber

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“It can also help maintain a time horizon that goes beyond a single form of engagement and contribute to enhancing the circle of both internal and external stakeholders who collaborate in a specific situation. We are fully committed to enabling the Peacebuilding Commission and its specific country-configurations the means with which to provide the Security Council that added value.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“A reinforced peacebuilding architecture would not infringe upon the unique role of the Security Council as outlined in the Charter of the United Nations. Rather, the impetus given by the draft resolution, once adopted, will enable the peacebuilding architecture, and in particular the Peacebuilding Commission, to better assume its advisory role vis-a-vis the Security Council and its accompanying role in assisting conflict-affected countries. The Peacebuilding Commission can, moreover, represent added value in situations in which the United Nations takes a light footprint approach. It can broaden the spectrum of substantive considerations by highlighting in particular issues inextricably tied to socioeconomic development and human rights and their links to peace and security.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Furthermore, strengthening partnerships - particular those with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund - the importance of inclusive national ownership, respect for human rights, the meaningful involvement of women at all stages of peace processes, transitional justice, training and capacity-building should be prominently reflected in the draft resolution. We also believe that the text of the draft resolution should clearly refer to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and underscore the importance of being better able to predict the funding required for peacebuilding. A comprehensive and substantive resolution would provide the peacebuilding architecture with the necessary tools to implement its mandate with renewed vigour. We therefore fully support the thrust of the draft resolution.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“With regard to programming, there are valuable examples from which we can learn, such as the concerted efforts of the United Nations Development Programme and the Department of Political Affairs, or those of the global focal point for the police, justice and corrections. Other aspects of that vision for the peacebuilding architecture embody an evolution. In our view, the most important aspects in that evolution are the notions of sustaining peace over the long term and the architecture's preventive potential. We are convinced that the peacebuilding architecture can contribute to preventing the occurrence and recurrence of armed conflicts, and we fully support references thereto in the draft resolution.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The text reflects the findings of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture and the inputs from Member States, which have been collected in inclusive consultations before and during the negotiation process. Furthermore, building on the experience that the peacebuilding architecture has acquired over the past 10 years, the draft resolution constitutes a strong vision for the future. Some aspects of that vision are hardly new, such as the call for increased coherence, which is to be realized not only through shared analysis and planning but also through joint programming.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The United Nations must extend its vision beyond the existing silos and strengthen the coherence of its actions, both substantively and structurally and with regard to external partners. The same rationale played an important role in the establishment of the peacebuilding architecture in 2005. Ten years later, why is it then so difficult for us to adopt a coherent approach to maintaining peace? Our conclusion is that first, the United Nations has yet to tap its full potential with regard to peacebuilding and that, secondly, the peacebuilding architecture and its mandate are more relevant than ever. Switzerland welcomes the draft resolution on the peacebuilding review that is currently being discussed by Member States.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Switzerland welcomes the holding of this debate and particularly appreciates the current attention that is being devoted to the peacebuilding architecture. In 2015, the United Nations had to confront a great number of crises and conflicts, and what is more, it had to do so within the context of budgetary constraints. At the same time, the review of the peacebuilding architecture, the peace operations review, the review of the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and the successful negotiations on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1) provided an opportunity to scrutinize activities aimed at sustaining peace and to recalibrate the operational methods of the United Nations. One of the most pervasive insights resulting from those processes is that a fragmented approach is not sustainable.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source