Swiss statement at the United Nations Security Council open debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace that took place on August 21, 2024.
Your country's lessons are valuable, but it would be wrong to believe that prevention only concerns States that have suffered or are at risk of suffering armed conflict, whereas violent extremism, and even intra-State and interpersonal violence, must be confronted by everyone.</p> <p>A recent study carried out as part of the ‘Halving global violence’ initiative by the Pathfinders group showed that the economic costs of violence in various countries, including Switzerland, are considerable.</p> <p>Prevention, as explained in the New Agenda for Peace, needs to be tackled at local and national level, while drawing on exchanges of experience between different countries.
Read the full statement: The new agenda for peace–addressing global, regional and national aspects of conflict prevention.