Peacebuilding Commission Ambassadorial-level Meeting Strengthening the Linkages between Women, Peace and Security agenda and peacebuilding and sustaining peace, 21 October 2019

On 22 October 2019, the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) convened an Ambassadorial-level meeting on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) at the initiative of Ireland. The meeting, chaired by H.E. Mr. Ion Jinga, Vice-Chair of the PBC, focused on the linkage between the WPS agenda and the peacebuilding and sustaining peace .

In his introductory remarks, the Chair highlighted that PBC continues to serve as a platform for Member States to reflect on progress made in implementing the WPS agenda. He added that it was taking place at an opportune moment, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 and the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. He stressed the need to ensure full implementation of the PBC strategy, which should feed into the 2020 Review of the UN peacebuilding architecture. He noted that the meeting would contribute to the upcoming Security Council debate on WPS and called on the PBC members to make specific proposals that could be transmitted to the Security Council.