Inclusion of Key Stakeholders
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| QUNO New York’s Quaker House event on local peacemaking processes in Somalia / Credit: Clarke |
As a club of nation states, the UN is limited in its ability to engage with and learn from the broad range of actors who play a central role in preventing violence and achieving long-term sustainable peace. For many years, QUNO New York has worked with partners from around the world to identify key stakeholders on the ground who can share information and raise concerns informed by their first-hand experience. This has included the perspective of many non-governmental actors such as NGOs, faith-based organisations, and youth groups.
QUNO New York Activities
QUNO New York facilitates informal briefings at Quaker House and elsewhere that allow UN staff and diplomats to gain insights and receive policy recommendations from a range of actors engaged in prevention, peacemaking, and peacebuilding activities on the ground. These informal conversations serve to improving UN efforts in the area of prevention. Some examples include:
Over recent years, QUNO New York has hosted opportunities for peacemakers from inside Myanmar to share their perspectives and recommendations on how the UN can better support prevention and peacebuilding efforts inside that country. In June 2011, QUNO New York worked with other partner organisations to publish a public statement in response to fighting that had erupted in northern Myanmar.
In January 2010 QUNO New York hosted a visit by colleagues from Conciliation Resources and Interpeace. The purpose of the visit was to launch two reports on Somali-led peacemaking efforts: “Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and International Peacemaking” by Conciliation Resources and Interpeace’s Peace Mapping Study The launch provided members of the UN community with a greater awareness and understanding of local peacemaking efforts.
In order to support the inclusion of key relevant stakeholders in UN policy making, QUNO New York has carried out a range of capacity building activities with local partners. These activities often take place during the course of a delegation visit, or through more formalized training efforts. Capacity building efforts have taken a collaborative approach including providing an orientation to the UN, learning from the experience and expertise of our partners, and working together to identify key messages and recommendations.
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