General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann 9 October 2008 – The President of the General Assembly today urged Member States to support the strengthening of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, designed to help countries emerging from conflict to secure long-term peace and avoid slipping back into war or chaos. In the wake of the 2005 World Summit, the Organization set up the 31-member Peacebuilding Commission, which currently has four countries on its agenda – Burundi, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Central African Republic (CAR). Together with the Peacebuilding Fund and Peacebuilding Support Office, the Commission is playing a vital role in the UN’s efforts to provide post-conflict countries with the international support they need to build peace. “Given the record of peace accords that have failed...
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