QUNO’s Diane Hendrick was one of the presenters, together with Achim Wennman, of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform’s (GPP) White Paper on Peacebuilding at the Swiss Mission in New York in March 2015. (The Swiss government contributed to the financing of the paper). The views of a wide range of peacebuilding professional’s at all levels provides input into the ongoing reviews of the UN peacebuilding architecture and peace operations. Senior UN peacebuilding officials were present at the launch of the White Paper Both, inlcuding Gert Rosenthal, who heads the Expert Advisory Group of the 10 year peacebuilding architecture review and Funmi Olonisakin, an adviser in the Group.
Perseverance and Hopeย During Challenging Timesย
On 28 January 2026, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote to all UN member states to warn that the UN is facing "imminent financial collapse". While it is not unusual for the Secretary-General to raise alarm about...






