UN Chief Releases A New Agenda for Peace

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres revealed on Thursday a new plan to promote international peace and prevent conflicts, outlining key action-oriented recommendations for UN Member States to strengthen the multilateral system as the only viable means to address an interlocking set of global threats.

Titled, “A New Agenda for Peace”, the new policy brief on Our Common Agenda outlines the Secretary-Generals vision to attain international peace which remains an elusive promise for many around the world, presenting 12 actions proposed to prevent, manage, and resolve conflicts.

The New Agenda for Peace is the ninth in a series of series of Policy Briefs the Secretary-General is issuing at the invitation of Member States to provide more detail on certain proposals contained in Our Common Agenda and to support them in their deliberations as they prepare for the Summit of the Future. 

These briefs will include an analysis of the proposals’ impact on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and will be informed by the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, with gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.

The UN chief said: “Peace is the driving force behind the work of the United Nations. Today’s new threats to peace create new demands on us. This Policy Brief is our attempt to meet those demands. I urge the Member States to debate the New Agenda for Peace and engage with our proposals.”