Operationalising Sustaining Peace: Lessons Learned from the Sustaining Peace Roundtable Series

The 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review (2025 PBAR) is mandated by the 2020 dual resolutions on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace as a ‘comprehensive’ review with a focus on impact (A/RES/75/201-S/RES/2558, OP5). It requires a substantive resolution as an
outcome of the process to further operationalise peacebuilding and sustaining peace. The 2025 PBAR should build on the findings of the previous reviews, as well as the developments in the UN Peacebuilding Architecture since 2020. During the informal phase of the 2025 PBAR, Member States should develop a shared understanding of the outcomes they expect of the 2025 PBAR to maximise the effectiveness of the formal phase.
 

This submission aims to support Member States in identifying key priorities to be discussed during the formal phase of the 2025 PBAR. It draws on and synthesises the findings of the Operationalising Sustaining Peace roundtable series between 2021 and 2024
to support the continued operationalisation of peacebuilding and sustaining peace.

Ahead of the 2025 PBAR, Member States could consider the following recommendations:

1. Strengthen the role of the UN System in supporting regional and national prevention strategies and approaches
2. Strengthen the quality and quantity of financing for peacebuilding
3. Enhance the UN Peacebuilding Commission to realise its full potential
4. Strengthen leadership for peacebuilding at the country level