SDSN's President Jeffrey Sachs Briefs the UN Security Council on Sustaining Peace

On November 20, 2023, The UN Security Council held an open debate on "Promote Sustaining Peace Through Common Development" under the agenda item "Maintenance of international peace and security." SDSN's President Jeffrey Sachs was invited to brief the Security Council.

In his testimony to the Council, President Sachs shared that by addressing the underlying political and economic factors of the current wars, the Security Council can establish conditions for peace and sustainable development. He also contended that the Council should "bolster its toolkit by engaging in economic peacebuilding alongside the more usual decisions on borders, peacekeepers, sanctions, and the like" and create "a new Peace and Development Fund that the UN Security Council could deploy to create positive dynamics for sustainable development, and to encourage other investors – such as the World Bank, the IMF, and the regional Multilateral Development Banks – to co-invest in peacemaking."

You can watch the full testimony here.