Peacebuilding Commission
The Peacebuilding Commission (Engl. Peacebuilding Commission , PBC ) was on 20 December 2005 with the adoption of resolutions 1645 (2005) of the Security Council (S / RES / 1645 (2005)) and the resolution 60/180 of the General Assembly (A / 60 / L. 40) was founded as an advisory body by the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations (UN). A term of office lasts two years.
Founding background
The basis was the report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change of December 2, 2004, which recommended the establishment of this body. The reason for this was that until then there was no organ or department in the United Nations system that prevented a state from sliding into war or a state in the state between a war that had ended and the peace that followed (in a post- conflict situation) could help effectively. The Security Council was previously responsible for acute conflicts and the United Nations Economic and Social Council ( ECOSOC) for stable states . States that were in between in their condition had no contact at the United Nations. The existence of such an institution could have prevented some mistakes before the final implementation on June 23, 2006 (e.g. in Rwanda 1993/1994).
tasks
The PBC is unique in its organization and mandate in the UN system. Its task consists of coordinating international engagement after the end of armed conflicts through to taking up regular development aid in individual countries and developing coherent strategies for peacebuilding. In addition, it should better coordinate financing and provide decisive support for best practices and lessons learned institutions of the United Nations. In short, it should form the interface between political dialogue and concrete peace-building activities. To this end, it develops peacebuilding strategies, which it addresses in the form of recommendations primarily to the General Assembly and the Security Council.
In order to complete the tasks, the PBC should involve regional actors on site, such as NGOs , in the implementation of peacebuilding tasks. For this purpose, the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) at the General Secretariat was set up at the same time as the PBC as a point of contact . This office is a sustainable department to collect country-specific information for future missions.
So there is no decision-making power associated with this. The PBC is only a subsidiary organ of the Security Council without a clearly defined position in the UN structure. It takes action at the request of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the General Secretariat or the Member State concerned.
composition
The commission consists of 31 members:
- seven representatives of the UN Security Council (including the five permanent members)
- seven representatives of the Economic and Social Council ECOSOC
- seven representatives of the UN General Assembly
- five representatives of the ten largest troop contributors
- five representatives of the ten largest contributors
This composition enables a broad diversification of the member states (in the first term of office, for example, Bangladesh sat as a representative of the largest troop contributors and the USA as a permanent member of the Security Council), but also slow decision-making.
Peacebuilding Fund
A voluntary Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) was also set up. The fund should achieve a volume of at least US $ 250 million. To date, nearly $ 310 million has been deposited from 45 different donors. The PBF is intended to close short-term gaps in the financing of peacebuilding measures in the eligible countries (countries that are on the PBC agenda, as well as post-conflict countries that have been selected by the Secretary General as worthy of support).
In the first two countries on the PBC agenda ( Sierra Leone and Burundi ), “Joint Steering Committees” were developed to jointly control and monitor the distributions from the PBF. These consist of representatives of the national governments, the UN country team, donor and partner governments and local actors including civil society . They have developed into valuable forums for local and international actors since the beginning of the development of so-called "peacebuilding framework documents" together with the national governments.
Previous orders
- From 2006: Burundi, Sierra Leone
- From December 2007: Guinea-Bissau
- From June 2008: Central African Republic
Orders in Guinea , the Ivory Coast , Nepal , Liberia and the Comoros are also examined.
Footnotes
- ^ Resolution adopted by the General Assembly. 60/180. The Peacebuilding Commission ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
