Multilateralism / Comment
United Nations Peacebuilding: challenging coherence
19/07/2005 By Nieves Zuñiga García-Falces
This comment analyses the proposal to set up a Peacebuilding Commission within the framework of United Nations reform based on the aims of international peace and security, and the responsibility to protect as set out in two reports, one by the High-Level Panel and the other by Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Such a practical proposal must be evaluated in accordance with the prime challenge facing the UN in the 21st Century, i.e. putting in place a collective security system that is effective, efficient and equitable managed by an organization invested with legitimacy and that operates soundly.
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Peace Peacebuilding UNBio author: Nieves Zuñiga García-Falces
BA in Journalism from the Universidad de Navarra, Nieves Zuñiga has pursued post-graduate studies on International Information and Southern Countries and Amerindian Studies at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid. She is member of the Spanish Association of Researchers on rights of indigenous peoples and Editor-in-chief of the international analysis review Papeles de Cuestiones Internacionales published by CIP.
