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.
Plant hope where tears reside: Art, resilience and Congolese women
For Congolese spoken word artist and photographer Do Nsoseme Dora, art becomes a powerful tool that challenges stereotypes and illuminates the sheer power, courage, and resilience of women peacebuilders.
Honouring peacekeepers from Nepal
Nepal stands as the largest contributor of peacekeepers to the United Nations. Currently, over 6,000 personnel, including 593 women, serve across ten peacekeeping operations. We thank Nepal for its enduring commitment, which dates back to 1958 when the country first deployed its peacekeepers to Lebanon.
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.
Climate, conflict and courage - a Yemeni activist's fight for change
For Olla Alsakkaf, the fight for peace and climate justice is deeply personal. Now in its tenth year, the complex crisis in Yemen, fueled by conflict, economic collapse and climate shocks, is what drove the 30-year-old economics student into activism.
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
Sudan: Seeds of peace and hope
After fleeing violence and famine, Halima and other Sudanese women are finding strength in their fields again. With shared seeds, tools, and trust, they are cultivating not just food but peace, dignity and belonging.
Afghanistan: A doctor’s unwavering commitment to returning families
At the Iran–Afghanistan border, a doctor treats exhausted families returning home after years of uncertainty. Her compassion and perseverance are a reminder that healing is also an act of peace.
Ireland: Finding freedom through football
After arriving from South Sudan aged 18, Mary found purpose and support at Street Soccer – a Belfast programme for refugees and youth – and at a centre run by the Irish Football Association.
Key UN events
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 November 2025
Online and digital spaces should empower women and girls. Yet every day, for millions of them the digital world has become a minefield of harassment, abuse, and control. Check out the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign that stretches from the International Day to Human Rights Day (10 December).
International Volunteer Day
5 december 2025
In the lead up to the International Year of Volunteers for the Sustainable Development Goals (2026), we honour the contributions of UN Vounteers - from peacekeeping, peacebuilding to humanitarian work - drawing inspiration from their example, and resolve to do our part to help shape a better world for all.
International Migrants Day
18 december 2025
The International Day is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the invaluable contributions of millions of migrants around the world and to highlight the increasingly complex environment in which migration occurs. Conflicts, climate-related disasters and economic pressures continue to drive millions of people from their homes in search of safety or simply opportunity.
