UN Peacebuilding Commission

02.12.2024

UN Peacebuilding Commission

Why in the news?   

          Recently, India has been re-elected to the U.N. Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for 2025–2026.

About UN Peacebuilding Commission:

• It was established on 20 December 2005 by resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and the UN Security Council.
• It is an intergovernmental advisory body that supports peace efforts in conflict-affected countries and is a key addition to the capacity of the International Community in the broad peace agenda, according to its website.
• The PBC is composed of 31 Member States, elected from the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council.
• The top financial contributing countries and the top troop-contributing countries to the United Nations system are also members.
• The Commission also focuses on promoting an integrated, strategic and coherent approach to peacebuilding.
• India is among the largest contributors of uniformed personnel to U.N. Peacekeeping.
• It currently deployed about 6,000 military and police personnel to UN operations in Abyei, the Central African Republic, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, the Middle East, Somalia, South Sudan, and Western Sahara.

The Commission is mandated:

○To bring together all relevant actors to marshal resources and to advise on and propose integrated strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery;

○To focus attention on the reconstruction and institution-building efforts necessary for recovery from conflict and to support the development of integrated strategies in order to lay the foundation for sustainable development.

○To provide recommendations and information to improve the coordination of all relevant actors within and outside the United Nations,

○To develop best practices, to help to ensure predictable financing for early recovery activities and to extend the period of attention given by the international community to post-conflict recovery, the Commission said.

                                                                Source: The Hindu

Consider the following statements regarding the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission:

1. It is an inter-governmental advisory body that supports peace efforts in conflict-affected countries.

2. Its members are elected from the United Nations General Assembly, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A.1 only

B.2 only

C.Both 1 and 2

D.Neither 1 nor 2

Answer C