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17 December 2023By Katja HemmerichIn our UN Governance updates, we have regularly highlighted the monthly briefings that the UNOPS senior management provides to the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board…

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (#ECOSOC) will commemorate its 80th anniversary on Friday. And in 2026 the General Assembly will conduct a review of ECOSOC, co-facilitated by #Barbados ...

🤚 🤚🏽 🤚🏿 Show of hands, who believes in the importance of civil society? Who believes that how civil society is engaged will be a critical part of the success or failure of UN reform? #UN80 🔔 We do!...

📣 Today marks my first day as Executive Director of the Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN). I feel humbled and inspired by the tasks ahead. We have entered an era of profound disruption and fragmen...

Hard to believe but, after 19 years, today is my last day at International Peace Institute (IPI) !! My next chapter is not yet official, and so I will leave that announcement for another post soon. ...

Inside Geneva · Episode

During Protection of Civilians Week 2025, check back here for updates on IPI’s events during POC week, the latest articles on POC from the Global Observatory, and recommended reading.

Experts have highlighted that the Latin America and Caribbean region is unique in that several countries’ care policies are situated within their gender equality policies (encompassing a root cause ap...

🔔 At today’s UN Security Council meeting on Advancing Adaptability in UN Peace Operations, IPI Director of Research Jenna Russo joined the conversation on how…

We know a lot about how to implement a ceasefire, as well as the factors that influence the likelihood that a ceasefire will be successful.  In the case of the Russian war on Ukraine, the US has propo...

Criminal gangs have tightened their grip on much of Port-au-Prince, with the multinational security mission making little headway and transitional authorities mired in internal disputes. The UN Securi...

The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is the world’s leading forum for debate on international security. #MSC2025: February 14-16, 2025

This year's composition of the United Nations (UN) Security Council presents a unique opportunity to address global maritime security challenges. Five new additions to the council—Denmark, Greece, Pan...

The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Section of the UN Department of Peace Operations’ (DPO) Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI) and IPI cohosted a film screeni...