Peace and Security Issues

A peacekeeper of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) with a group of children during patrols of the Katanga area.

UN Bodies

• Security Council
  Function, structure, rules of procedures, members, documents, and Security Council Committees, including: Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC/CTED), 1540 Committee, and Sanctions Committees
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• General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and
  International Security)
  Function, structure, rules of procedures, members, documents, action by the General Assembly First Committee.
• General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
  Function, structure, rules of procedures, members, documents, action by the General Assembly Fourth Committee.
• Peacebuilding Commission
  Function, membership, activities, documents.
• Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force
  Function, membership, activities, documents.
• Disarmament Commission
  Consensus principles, guidelines and recommendations.
• Conference on Disarmament
  Annual reports, documents, Member States, meeting records, statements.
• Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
  Function, activities, reports and studies.

Thematic Issues

• Peacemaking and Preventive Action
  Peacemaking activities, reports, documents and other related material.
• Peacekeeping
  Peacekeeping activities, current and completed missions, maps, documents, statements, statistics.
• Peacebuilding
  Peacebuilding architecture, functions, documents, statements and other related material.
• Disarmament
  Disarmament agenda, Advisory Board, UN Institute for Disarmament Research, documents.
• Countering Terrorism
  Global strategy to counter-terrorism; implementation of strategy, UN system-wide actions and actors.
• Electoral Assistance
  Objectives, overview, activities, documents, roster of experts.
• Decolonization
  History, structure, documents on the UN role in decolonization.
  
• Children and Armed Conflict
  Mission statement, reports and statements, issues relating to child soldiers.
• Women, Peace and Security
  Gender perspective in peace and security issues, documents, statements.
• Mine Action
  Policies, advocacy, action, victim assistance, mine-risk education, documents.

Other Resources

• International Day of Peace
  Commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace within and among all nations and people.
• International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
  Paying tribute to all men and women who have served and continue to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations.
• Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
  Issues, reports, members, contact.
• United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
  Research projects, publications, small meetings and expert networks.
• University for Peace
  Education programmes, training and research for peace, including conflict-prevention, human security, human rights, environmental security and post-conflict rehabilitation.