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Voices for Peace: What's next for the New Agenda for Peace?

In this Voices for Peace episode, Maria Kisumbi (Humanity United), Patrick Allam (Spaces for Change) and Jordan Street (Saferworld USA) discuss the UN's new vision for multilateral peace and security efforts outlined in the 'New Agenda for Peace'.

Civil society perspectives on the New Agenda for Peace

In these videos, we hear peacebuilders' perspectives on whether the new Agenda for Peace resonates with the realities of their work. Based on the civil society consultation event we held in Nairobi earlier this year.

Openings for Biden in the inaugural US-Central Asia Summit at UNGA

Civil society perspectives for the new UN Agenda for Peace

In March 2023, Saferworld, Interpeace, Life & Peace Institute and Humanity United hosted a consultation event for civil society peacebuilding organisations to input their experiences and perspectives into the New Agenda for Peace process. This outcome report was submitted to the UN interdepartmental team for the New Agenda for Peace.

Starting bell rings for UN counter-terrorism negotiations with big questions unanswered

The UN just released the biannual report on the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. But while the report touches on the right issues, it does not fully address important questions concerning oversight, impact and effectiveness, and the role of technology in UN counter-terrorism operations.

Function before form: optimising the UN’s counter-terrorism architecture

Statements to the UN Security Council on behalf of the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism

The rise of counter-terrorism at the United Nations: two decades later

Joint statement: UN should ensure independent oversight of UN Counter-Terrorism architecture

Joint statement on the critical need for UN Member States and Secretary-General to use a new UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy to develop an independent oversight mechanism to assess and mitigate harm from counterterrorism measures.