At a 4 August event in New York on implementation of the UN secretary-general’s report “Our Common Agenda”, Crisis Group’s Richard Gowan spoke about proposals for a “New Agenda for Peace” to guide the UN system’s work on peace and security.
These are the Crisis Group talking points prepared for the event.
- A full recording is available here.
My focus today will be on Our Common Agenda’s call for a “New Agenda for Peace”.
Crisis Group supports the secretary-general’s call for “a new effort to agree on more collective security responses and a meaningful set of steps to manage emerging risks”.
Let me set out five reasons why Crisis Group supports this initiative, and…