CIC @ Peacebuilding Week
June 22–26 | New York, NY
The first annual Peacebuilding Week in June 2026, mandated by the 2025 General Assembly and Security Council resolutions on the Peacebuilding Architecture Review (PBAR), coincides with the 20th anniversary of the inaugural session of the United Nations (UN) Peacebuilding Commission in June 2006 and the inception that year of the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund.
Join CIC at the following side events to celebrate “UN Peacebuilding @20 – Partnerships for Innovation, Inclusion and Impact.” For the full side event schedule, please visit the UN website here.
Side Event: Informing Policy and Practice: Evidence-Based Approaches to Prevention
June 23, 2026 | 10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
UK Mission to the United Nations, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, New York 10017, 28th floor
Co-organized by the United Kingdom, Kenya, and Joint UNDP-DPPA Programme on Building National Capacities for Conflict Prevention.
Side Event: Partnering for Prevention: An Evidence-Based Approach to National Prevention Strategies
June 23, 2026 | 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
SDG Lounge, UN HQ
Co-organized by Australia, Angola, Guatemala, NYU Center on International Cooperation, and Papua New Guinea
Side Event: Advancing National Prevention through Partnership and Innovation: Showcasing Kenya’s Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA)
June 24, 2026 | 3:00–4:30 p.m. (EDT)
UNHQ, Conference Room 12
Organized by Kenya, European Union, UN PBPSO, Dag Hammarskjold Foundation.
Panel Discussion I: Showcasing Kenya’s Peacebuilding Architecture, moderated by Betty Wainaina.
Side Event: Diverse Pathways for Sustaining Peace: The Role of Customary and Informal Justice Actors in Peacebuilding
June 26, 2026 | 9:00–11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Doha Room, UNDP
304 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017, 11th Floor
Organized by the Peacebuilding and Peace Support Office/Justice and Corrections Service, together with the Permanent Mission of the Philippines, Permanent Mission of Kenya; Permanent Mission of Panama, Permanente Mission of Switzerland, IDLO; Kituo Cha Sheria; Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers; Open Society Africa; Research for Mozambique (REFORMAR); Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies; UNDP; UNODC; UN Women
Side Event: Strengthening the Rule of Law for Sustainable Peace: Building Peace through Inclusive and Partnership‑Driven Rule of Law
June 26, 2026 | 10:00–11:30 a.m. (EDT)
(UNDP Office, Fl.15, CR 1507A, New York [304 E 45th St] & online)
Organized by the Permanent Missions of the Netherlands, Malawi, and Bangladesh to the United Nations, together with Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, and the UN Global Focal Point for the Rule of Law
Online participation via Zoom
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