The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission

Tasks, Mandate, and Design for a New Institution

Author(s): Ulrich Schneckener, Silke Weinlich
Publisher(s): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Date of publication: Sep 2005
Issue number: 38
Pages: 8
Series: SWP Comments

Description: The sixtieth UN General Assembly opens on September 14, 2005, with a three-day summit of heads of state and government to conduct the five-year review of the Millennium Declaration of 2000. Institutional reform of the United Nations will also be on the top of the agenda. One substantial outcome is expected to be the establishment of a Peacebuilding Commission. This body will be particularly significant for Germany if it is decided not to expand the Security Council in the foreseeable future.

General note: © 2005 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

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