High-level Dialogue on Building Sustainable Peace for All - Workshop Summary

Brief summaries of three workshops held as part of the General Assembly's high-level dialogue on “Building Sustainable Peace for All: Synergies between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustaining Peace Agenda”.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:35:40
• Production Date: 24 January 2017
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Personal Subject: PETER THOMSON
• Subject Topical: ACCOUNTABILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDUSTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PEACEBUILDING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; WOMEN; WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
• MAMS Id: 1819396
• Parent Id: 1818983

Description

Opening discussions, moderator Sarah Cliffe of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University said that while sustaining peace was not the only aim of the 2030 Agenda, implementing the Sustainable Development Goals could make a tremendous contribution to peace. Many speakers throughout the day had drawn attention to the world’s current deep inequalities, as well as their ability to erode trust in Governments and international organizations.

Citizens wanted to see hope and inclusion for their children, she said, noting that inequalities in any development area could undermine peace. The Assembly’s workshops had examined three specific issues in that regard, namely empowering women and youth; managing natural resources and exploitive industries; and strengthening transparent, inclusive and accountable institutions.