Peacebuilding
We work with the international community to promote conflict resolution around the world. Our efforts focus on peace-building and sharing our experience of the Northern Ireland peace process.
Building on its experience of successful conflict resolution in the Northern Ireland peace process, Ireland works at the UN to promote peacebuilding, mediation and reconciliation around the world.
Ireland is one of the top donors to the UN Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) supporting flexible investments in peacebuilding initiatives in conflict-affected areas globally, with a strong focus on empowering women and youth, and on sustaining peace in UN Peacekeeping transitions.
One of the earliest supporters of the PBF, Ireland has contributed over $31 million since the Fund’s inception. We continue to support the fund to date. Ireland is a fierce advocate of the role of women in peacebuilding in the forum of the PBC, and is contributing to the forthcoming review of the UN's peacebuilding architecture.
Ireland is a strong supporter of the use of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes and of the potential for the UN to play a greater role in this respect.
We are an active member of a group of UN member states that champions greater use of mediation and has led the adoption of important General Assembly resolutions on this subject. In particular, we support a greater role for women in mediation.
Ireland is a longstanding contributor to the UN's Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Mediation Support Unit