Securing a peaceful future
Responding to a world in transition
A changing world demands a resilient response. The United Nations employs a diverse range of mechanisms and tools to prevent conflict, foster people-centered, peaceful resolutions, and build sustainable peace, including through diplomacy, mediation, disarmament, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, justice and the rule of law, to address the evolving threats to international peace and security.
Hear Us. Act Now for a Peaceful World
Peace is not something done to or for young people. It must be built with them. Learn more about the UN campaign, Hear Us. Act Now for a Peaceful World, which partners with young people everywhere to build lasting peace.
The Peace Outlook 2026: Five moments for global action
As we approach 2026, we look at five events that present opportunities to invest in peace and humanity, and cement resilience in communities everywhere - from celebrating volunteerism and investing in youth and women as agents of change, to strengthening crime prevention and ensuring criminal justice both on-and-off-line.
Honouring peacekeepers from Indonesia
Indonesia is the fifth largest contributor of UN peacekeepers. Today, more than 2,700 Indonesian peacekeepers, including 204 women, serve in seven peacekeeping operations, protecting, civilians, repairing roads and bridges, training local police, undertaking humanitarian outreach activities, and so much more.
At the crossroads of crisis: How the climate crisis worsens displacement and conflict
Conflict forces people to flee their homes, the climate crisis makes sure they cannot go back. Today, three in every four refugees and displaced people around the world are living in countries facing high-to-extreme exposure to climate-related hazards.
Carrying the voice of young people to build peace
Former child soldier Muhindo Kamate refused to let his past in the Democratic Republic of the Congo define him. After leaving an armed group, he founded the Association of Ex-combatants for Youth Support, offering thousands of young people a path away from violence and toward a future of peace.
Peace is not built in conference rooms. Peace is built in classrooms, in clinics, in communities.”
United Nations Secretary-General (António Guterres, 19 June 2025)
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Voices for peace
Jordan: Making today matter in Za'atari refugee camp
For children who have only known displacement in Za'atari Refugee Camp, UN Volunteer Jana Abbas is focused on transforming their reality one day at a time. Serving with UNICEF Jordan, she works to ensure vital safe spaces offer learning support, protection, and a sense of normalcy.
The farmers working to feed Gaza
For 60-year-old farmer Susan Allaham in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), targeted aid became the catalyst for resilience: “After receiving cash assistance from FAO… I decided to seize the opportunity and return to my land.”
South Sudan’s youth claim their place at the peace table
Two years ago, young people and women were largely silent observers in South Sudan’s local peace committees. Today, through mediation training, young people are leading peace efforts from passive observers to active negotiators.
Key UN events
International Day of Education
24 January 2026
Did you know that without access to education, a generation of children living in conflict will grow up without the skills they need to contribute to their countries and economies, exacerbating the already desperate situation for millions of children and their families.
International Day of Clean Energy
26 January 2026
Did you know that the heavy energy use resulting from conflicts exacerbates the climate crisis, both through direct greenhouse gas emissions from military activities and indirect effects at the global level. Investing in peace means safeguarding our environment.
International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
27 January 2026
The International Day marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Death Camp in 1945. It is a critical global reminder of the dangers of hatred, bigotry and antisemitism, and to remember, reflect and take action to ensure such atrocities never happen again.
