An overview of UN General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding Financing (Photo: VNA) As peacebuilding is an important activity of the UN inmaintaining international peace and security, the international communityshould continue prioritising efforts to build peace as well as prevent conflicts and address their root causes, Giang said.
He emphasised the need for nations to carry out measures topromote reconciliation and unification through inclusive dialogue with theparticipation of women and youths.
It is also important to promote partnership between the UNand entities at the national, regional and international levels to ensuresustainable financing for peacebuilding.
On this basis, the Vietnamese ambassador proposed theinternational community respond to the UN Secretary-General’s appeal on unofficialdevelopment assistance commitments to countries affected by conflicts and topromoting gender equality in peacebuilding.
At the meeting, speakers and representatives of countriesaffirmed the importance of UN peacebuilding structure with the PeacebuildingCommission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) being the core. They saidthat the UN’s peacekeeping activities are currently facing many challenges,including the increase in the number of conflicts and their complexity, impactsof the COVID-19 pandemic, while funding for the PBF and peacekeeping activitiesremains limited.
Some countries proposed the UN General Assembly allow theallocation of 100 million USD each year to the PBF, using the UN budget./.
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