Celebrating youth’s role in peace and security efforts
After feeling unequally treated for her gender in schools, Minna was inspired to do something and bring men into the conversation on how to realise gender equality. Nathan films and screens documentaries to facilitate conversations on what is needed to address inequality and violence in his hometown of Fortaleza, Brazil. These young peacebuilders started the […]
The 2018 Kofi Annan–Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by Adama Dieng
Under-Secretary-General Adama Dieng delivered the 2018 Kofi Annan–Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture on the universal responsibility for the prevention of armed conflicts.
The Missing ‘Peace’: Anniversary seminar on youth, peace and security
Join Fryshuset and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation for an interactive session on youth and peace on Human Rights Day
Kofi Annan – Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2018 by Adama Dieng
The 6th Kofi Annan – Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture was given by Adama Dieng in Accra, Ghana, on 3 October 2018.
Remembering Kofi Annan
The world has been inspired by Kofi Annan’s life, leadership and legacy.
Construct peace: Training on dialogue and mediation
‘Ours is the work of reconciliation and realistic construction.’ Dag Hammarskjöld said in accepting his election as Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1953. Today the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation works with many who seek to live out this legacy in small and large ways: working on reconciliation, realistically constructing peace and supporting development around the […]
‘Practice what you preach!’: Action steps for the peace and development agendas
The Foundation recently hosted young people and civil society stakeholders from around the world at sessions during the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development.
Youth perspectives from the global North: The relevance of SCR 2250 in Sweden
While Sweden is considered one of the world’s most peaceful states, the country is not immune to challenges of xenophobia, racism, polarisation, discrimination, criminal activity and economic inequality. Despite these and other barriers to inclusion, youth in Sweden are actively involved in promoting peace and security.
Sustaining Peace
This programme focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of the UN’s efforts in sustaining peace. This includes strengthening the organisation’s Peacebuilding Architecture to assume a central role within the UN system. We emphasise the need for more coherent and strategic engagement at both the national and regional levels, with active involvement of civil society and private sector actors in initiatives to address fragility and conflict.
Northern Ireland 20 Years after the Peace Deal
In this blog Alec Forss argues that continued civil society engagement is critical for sustaining peace in Northern Ireland.