Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 107
Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund

Summary

The present report, which covers the activities of the Peacebuilding Fund for the period from January to December 2012, is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 63/282, which requested the Secretary-General to submit an annual report on the operation and activities of the Fund.

CS/10881

Aperçu des travaux du
Conseil de sécurité en 2012

Une année marquée aussi par le succès de la Mission intégrée des Nations Unies au Timor-Leste

Summary

Events of the past year have confirmed my view that developing civilian capacity is crucial for the global journey away from conflict. Without nationally owned transformation of the institutions that provide citizens with political representation, security, justice and economic opportunities, there can be no sustained recovery from conflict.

*Little change to estimates of cereals harvests

Maize and wheat prices remain high, but may have peaked*

KEY POINTS

• Estimates of cereal harvests have changed little from August to September. Further cuts to estimates of the already bad US maize harvest have been quite small.

• Hence the sharp price rises seen in the maize and wheat markets in July have probably reached their limit — even if at more than US$320 a tonne for maize, US$365 a tonne for wheat, prices are high.

Document Summary

UNDP has a presence on the ground in over 170 countries and territories and decades of concrete development experience in countries ranging from fragile States to middle-income countries like Brazil and Indonesia. This, combined with our four focus areas — poverty reduction and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); democratic governance; crisis prevention and recovery; and environment and sustainable development — make us uniquely situated and qualified to answer the UN’s call for a better and more sustainable future.

SC/10622

Security Council
6759th Meeting (AM)

Head of Peacekeeping also Briefs, Updates Council on Security, Protection, Equal Participation of Women in Countries with Peacekeeping Presence

SC/10518

Security Council
2011 Round-up

In a year characterized by mass protests and other challenges to entrenched leadership that frequently provoked violent reactions, the Security Council continued in 2011 to grapple with the question of protecting civilians in a manner consistent with the United Nations Charter, as the 15-member body remained seized of a wide range of conflicts, the birth of South Sudan, the Palestinian application for membership in the Organization and other developments.

Citizen Security, Justice and Jobs Key to Breaking Cycles of Political and Criminal Violence: World Bank Report

Press Release No:2011/412/DEC

1.5 billion people in countries affected by repeated cycles of violence, with poverty rates more than 20 percentage points higher than other countries, says WDR 2011

The issue of rising food prices came to international attention in early 2008. This document answers the following questions about the crisis and responses to it:

• What has happened to food prices and why?
• Why are food prices important & where can we find them?
• How have countries and the international community responded?
• The future