Implementing the Pact: Advancing New Options and Models for Future Peace Missions

The global peace and security landscape is challenged by profound turbulence defined by accelerating contestation and confrontation. Nations, organizations and individuals face an expanding array of challenges unprecedented in their scale and complexity, encompassing political, security, economic, informational, environmental, and health dimensions. There is a pressing need for thought leadership and intentional constructive actions to promote peace, prevent conflict and provide space for peacemaking, conflict resolution and peacebuilding to take place. As several of the larger UN multidimensional peace operations are downsizing or closing, new thinking, options and models for adaptive, agile and effective future peace missions are urgently required. Innovation is critical. The good news? It is already happening. So, what are these new, the recently rediscovered, and the potential future options of the emerging next generation of peace missions and operations? What difference can they make, why and how?

This high-level interactive panel discussion will take its departure from the outcome of the Summit of the Future, and recent operational and policy developments. Tomorrows peacebuilders and peacekeepers will need to be agile, adaptive, and effective – how will the new models and modalities strengthen adaptive peacebuilding and peace interventions? And how can they best support peace in an increasingly unstable and polarized future? In particular, the conversation will be informed by key findings of recent policy applicable research on future models and options.

Speakers

• Annika Hilding Norberg - Head, Peace Operations and Peacebuilding, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
• Asif R Khan - Director Policy and Mediation Division, Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, United Nations
• Amb. Thomas Greminger - Ambassador , Director, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
• Prof. Paul Williams - Professor, George Washington University, and Member, Independent Study on the Future of Peace Operations and Capabilities
• Amb. Nathalie Chuard, Director, DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
• Maj Gen Patrick Gauchat - Head of Mission and Chief of Staff, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)