India has been re-elected to the UN Peacebuilding Commission for 2025-2026. India’s current term on the Commission was expiring on December 31.

UN Peacebuilding Commission

• The Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is an intergovernmental advisory body that supports peace efforts in conflict-affected countries and is a key addition to the capacity of the International Community in the broad peace agenda.

• In 2005, the General Assembly and Security Council established the PBC, mandating it to provide political accompaniment and advocacy to conflict-affected countries, with their consent.

• It supports national and regional peacebuilding priorities, at the request of concerned governments.

• The PBC is composed of 31 Member States, elected from the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council. 

• The top financial contributing countries and the top troop-contributing countries to the United Nations system are also members.

• Since its inception, the Commission has engaged with a total of 31 countries and regions. The Commission’s activities include holding meetings, joint events, giving briefings and providing advice to the main bodies of the United Nations (such as the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council) and other fora, as well as undertaking field visits and informal interactions with relevant stakeholders.

• The Peacebuilding Commission Support Branch (PBCSB) within the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), provides substantive and technical support to the Peacebuilding Commission.

Mandate of PBC:

• To bring together all relevant actors to marshal resources and to advise on and propose integrated strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery.

• To focus attention on the reconstruction and institution-building efforts necessary for recovery from conflict and to support the development of integrated strategies in order to lay the foundation for sustainable development.

• To provide recommendations and information to improve the coordination of all relevant actors within and outside the United Nations, to develop best practices, to help to ensure predictable financing for early recovery activities and to extend the period of attention given by the international community to post-conflict recovery.

Its functions include:

• To bring sustained international attention to sustaining peace, and to provide political accompaniment and advocacy to countries affected by conflict, with their consent.

• To promote an integrated, strategic and coherent approach to peacebuilding, noting that security, development and human rights are closely interlinked and mutually reinforcing.

• To serve a bridging role among the principal organs and relevant entities of the United Nations by sharing advice on peacebuilding needs and priorities, in line with the respective competencies and responsibilities of these bodies.

• To serve as a platform to convene all relevant actors within and outside the United Nations, including from Member States, national authorities, United Nations missions and country teams, international, regional and sub-regional organisations, international financial institutions, civil society, women’s groups, youth organisations and, where relevant, the private sector and national human rights institutions, in order to provide recommendations and information to improve their coordination, to develop and share good practices in peacebuilding, including on institution-building, and to ensure predictable financing to peacebuilding.

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