Programme area: Sustaining Peace

“No change happens without ownership” – Advancing preparations for the 2015 comprehensive review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture

On 17-18 October, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation organized a high-level retreat outside New York to discuss ambitions and expectations for the 2015 review of UN’s peacebuilding architecture. UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson opened the retreat, which drew together close to 40 Permanent Representatives, Ambassadors and senior UN officials.

Women in conflict in Burma/Myanmar

Seminar with Tin Tin Nyo, Secretary-General of Women’s League of Burma and Margot Wallström, former UN SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Peace Diplomacy, Global Justice and International Agency

As UN Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld shaped many of the fundamental principles and practices of international organisations, such as preventive diplomacy, the ethics of international civil service, impartiality and neutrality. He was also at the heart of the constitutional foundations and principles of the UN. This tribute and critical review of Hammarskjöld’s values and legacy examines […]

Inclusivity in Peacebuilding

Do internationally supported peacebuilding initiatives manage to reach all of the people engaged in and affected by conflict? How can the international community move beyond token engagement of local stakeholders to support a peace that is genuinely locally owned and locally led? These are pertinent questions that the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and partners explore in […]

World peace negotiators meet in Uppsala, Sweden

Seven of the most important peace negotiators in the world, former and active Special Representatives to the UN Secretary-General in Mediation and Conflict Resolution (SRSG), met in Uppsala, Sweden for two days to discuss and share experiences.