               United Nations                                                                  S/RES/2558 (2020)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               21 December 2020




               Resolution 2558 (2020)
               Adopted by the Security Council on 21 December 2020

                    The Security Council,
                    Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
                    Reaffirming General Assembly and Security Council resolutions 70/262 and
               2282 (2016) of 27 April 2016, as well as A/RES/60/180 and S/RES/1645 (2005) of
               20 December 2005, A/RES/65/7 and S/RES/1947 (2010) of 29 October 2010, and
               A/RES/72/276 and S/RES/2413 (2018) of 26 April 2018, and recalling statements of
               the President of the Security Council of 28 July 2016, 21 December 2017, and
               18 December 2018,
                     Reaffirming that development, peace and security, and human rights are
               interlinked and mutually reinforcing,
                     Reaffirming that “sustaining peace” should be broadly understood as a goal and
               a process to build a common vision of a society, ensuring that the needs of al l
               segments of the population are taken into account, which encompasses activities
               aimed at preventing the outbreak, escalation, continuation and recurrence of conflict,
               addressing root causes, assisting parties to conflict to end hostilities, ensuring
               national reconciliation, and moving towards recovery, reconstruction and
               development, and emphasizing that sustaining peace is a shared task and
               responsibility that needs to be fulfilled by the government and all other national
               stakeholders, and should flow through all three pillars of the United Nations’
               engagement at all stages of conflict, and in all its dimensions, and needs sustained
               international attention and assistance,
                     Reaffirming the primary responsibility of national Governments and authorities
               in identifying, driving and directing priorities, strategies and activities for
               peacebuilding and sustaining peace, and in this regard, emphasizing that inclusivity
               is key to advancing national peacebuilding processes and objectives in order to ensure
               that the needs of all segments of society are taken into account,
                     Noting that this year marks the twentieth anniversary of Security Council
               resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security, and the fifth anniversaries of
               Security council resolution 2250 (2015) on Youth, peace and security, and recognising
               the importance of the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and youth in
               peacebuilding, recalling further the fifth anniversary of the General Assembly
               resolution, A/RES/70/1, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for
               Sustainable Development”,




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                         Expressing grave concern about the devastating impact of the COVID-19
                  pandemic across the world, especially in conflict-affected countries, and stressing the
                  need for full implementation of Security Council resolution 2532 (2020) and noting
                  the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution A/RES/74/306 in this regard,
                  further noting that 2020 inaugurates the decade of action on the SDGs, recognizing
                  that progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and
                  all its goals and targets could be hampered, and peacebuilding and development gains
                  reversed, and emphasizing the need to integrate peacebuilding and sustaining peace
                  into efforts to build back better,
                       Welcoming the presentation of the report of the Secretary-General on
                  peacebuilding and sustaining peace, 1 and the valuable inputs for the 2020 review of
                  the peacebuilding architecture of the Peacebuilding Commission through its letter
                  dated 2 July 2020, of the group of Independent Eminent Persons through its letters
                  dated 6 July 2020, and noting input from thematic and regional consultations, and
                  encouraging relevant United Nations bodies and organs including the Peacebuilding
                  Commission to consider the inputs further,
                        1.     Welcomes the progress made in the implementation of the resolutions on
                  peacebuilding and sustaining peace by Member States, including through the relevant
                  intergovernmental bodies of the United Nations, and by the entire United Nations
                  system, including through the reforms of the United Nations, and in particular at the
                  field level through the work of peacekeeping operations, special political missions
                  and UN country teams, and the important work of the Peacebuilding Fund, and
                  encourages Member States and the entire United Nations system, in partnership with
                  relevant stakeholders, including regional and subregional organizations, international
                  financial institutions, civil society organizations, local peacebuilding stakeholders
                  and, where relevant, the private sector, to continue to take action to implement the
                  resolutions on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, and to advance efforts to bring
                  greater coherence to peacebuilding efforts, in support of national peacebuilding
                  priorities, and in particular in conflict-affected countries;
                        2.   Welcomes in particular the important role of the Peacebuilding
                  Commission, and calls on the Commission to continue strengthening its advisory,
                  bridging and convening roles in support of nationally-owned priorities and efforts in
                  the countries and regions under its consideration, as well as to continue strengthening
                  its working methods to enhance its efficiency and impact in support of peacebuilding
                  and sustaining peace;
                        3.   Reaffirms that effective peacebuilding must involve the entire United
                  Nations system, and in this regard, emphasizes the importance of joint analysis and
                  effective strategic planning in its long-term engagement in conflict-affected
                  countries;
                        4.    Notes that peacebuilding financing remains a critical challenge, and
                  therefore takes note of the General Assembly decision to convene a high-level
                  meeting in the seventy-sixth session to advance, explore and consider options for
                  ensuring adequate, predictable and sustained financing for peacebuilding, and to
                  invite, starting in the seventy-fifth session, the relevant United Nations bodies and
                  organs, including the Peacebuilding Commission, in accordance with respective
                  mandates, to present inputs in advance for Member States’ consideration and
                  discussion at this meeting, and to affirm a commitm ent to pursuing action-oriented
                  outcomes;



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                 5.    Calls for a further comprehensive review of United Nations peacebuilding
           in 2025, and requests the Secretary-General to present to the General Assembly and
           the Security Council an interim report in 2022 and a second, detailed report in 2024
           in advance of the review, and also requests the Secretary-General to continue to
           present a report every two years following that review, on continued implementation
           of the resolutions on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, with due attention to the
           impact of relevant reforms on the performance of the United Nations system in
           advancing the implementation of the resolutions on peacebuilding and sustaining
           peace, and with emphasis on the systematic impact made at the field level, for the
           consideration of Member States;
                6.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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