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IPI, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, co-hosted an ambassador-level, off-the-record roundtable continuing the strategic dialogue launched at the May 2025 Berlin Peacekeeping Ministerial, where Germany brought together over 134 countries under the theme “The Future of Peacekeeping” on May 13th.
One year on, the landscape remains uncertain. A liquidity crisis continues to drive reductions in UN personnel and programming. Security Council dynamics have grown more contested. And the collective security environment increasingly involves regional bodies, ad hoc coalitions, and bilateral arrangements. The discussion focused on how the UN can best operate in this environment of fragmentation — identifying its continued comparative advantages and connecting to the Secretary-General’s forthcoming review on the future of all forms of UN peace operations under the Pact for the Future.
The conversation focused on how the UN can best operate in an environment of fragmentation and alongside multiple actors—including regional bodies, ad hoc coalitions, and bilateral security arrangements—and identified the UN’s continued comparative advantage and added value, and ways to preserve and enhance it. The discussion also connects to the forthcoming secretary-general’s review on the future of all forms of UN peace operations, called for in the Pact for the Future.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jenna Russo, Director of Research and Head of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations and Peacebuilding, International Peace Institute
H.E. Ricklef Beutin, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations
Scene-setting
Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding and Peace Support, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations
Daniel Forti, Head of UN Affairs, International Crisis Group
Moderator
Jenna Russo, Director of Research and Head of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations and Peacebuilding, International Peace Institute
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