A Network of People Building Peace
18 September 2019Special UNGA74 event: Building Strategic Partnerships for Sustaining Peace at the Regional Level
To strengthen the implementation of the UN’s work on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, especially at the country and regional levels, the Dag...
14 March 2019A People-Centered Approach to Peace: GPPAC Director speaks at UN High Level Event
On February 28, our Executive Director, Darynell Rodriguez Torres, was in New York to speak at a UN High Level Event marking 25 years of Human...
26 February 2019GPPAC ED at the UN High Level Event on Human Security
On February 28, our director Darynell Rodriguez Torres is in New York at the High level event marking 25 years of human security. He represents civil...
12 February 2019UN Update: the Nexus between Climate Change and International Peace & Security
On January 25, the UN Security Council held an open debate recognizing the impacts of climate-related disasters on international peace and security...
14 January 2019UN Update: the Importance of Regional Partnerships for Peace and Conflict Prevention
The UN Secretary General’s report on peacebuilding and sustaining peace from 2018 explicitly highlighted that sustaining peace is a collective effort...
12 November 2018UN Update: The Peacebuilding Commission’s Annual Session
On 12 November, GPPAC attended the Peacebuilding Commission’s full-day Annual Session, focused this year on “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace in the...
23 August 2018Kofi Annan: the Loss of a Peace Icon
It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the passing of Mr Kofi Annan, former secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel...
15 March 2018Meeting the Challenge of Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace Through Partnerships and Inclusivity
The dual resolutions on peacebuilding and sustaining peace adopted in April 2016 by the United Nations (UN) Security Council and General Assembly (S...
13 March 2018Palestine UN Membership Application: What does it mean for Palestinians?
As of January, Palestine expressed renewed interest to apply for full UN membership for the state of Palestine in order to demand international...
8 March 2018Report: Building Sustainable Peace
Following extensive interview and desk based research, GPPAC and QUNO released their report, ‘Building Sustainable Peace: How inclusivity...
20 September 2017Making Prevention Possible
Conflict prevention has become a major focus on the international agenda. From the times of Kofi Annan's pledge to move ‘from a culture of reaction to...
17 July 2017WANEP Shares Malian Experiences at UN High Level Event on Human Security
On 7 July 2017, the United Nations Human Security Unit hosted a High-Level Event on Human Security and its contribution to Agenda 2030, in partnership...