THE UN AND PEACEBUILDING PROCESS: PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article focuses on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) activity as the UN intergovernmental advisory body that provides peace efforts in countries emerging from conflict, becoming one of the first evident achievements in the UN reforming process. One of the key points of the article is concentrated on the Peacebuilding Fund’s efforts in stabilization, economic recovery and development of the countries after periods of crisis. Analysis of the PBC activity indicates several specific points. The first one is that we can admit attempts to underline a dominant role of the General Assembly in the prejudice of the Security Council authority. The second − striving to use the platform of the Commission for political debates on situation in post-conflict countries. Russia has been supported the idea of the Peacebuilding Commission foundation from the beginning, taking an active part in development of guidelines that define the PBC terms of reference, structure and relations with other UN bodies.