New initiatives
Women’s International Peace Centre/Sudan Women's Peace Dialogue
Common Pledge for Women's Participation
During the annual Security Council Open Debate on women, peace and security held on 24 October 2024, the Secretary-General’s “Common Pledge for Women’s Full, Equal and Meaningful Engagement in Peace Processes” was officially launched.
New Publications
New thematic pages
UN Photo/Mark Garten
Youth Peace and Security
How can youth participation increase the legitimacy and sustainability of peace processes?
UN Photo
Religion and Mediation
MSU supports system-wide efforts to deepenunderstanding of the intersection between religion and mediation and isproviding the tools to broaden collaboration with faith-based actors inaddressing conflict and violence.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
Reconciliation, Transitional Justice and Human Rights
Legacies of serious past crimes can be extremelydifficult to address during peace processes. MSU supports UN mediators and their teams, parties to conflict, andpartner organizations who are confronting questions of justice and reconciliation in such contexts.