Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Foreign Minister IWAYA’s attendance at the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Ministerial-level Meeting on “Promoting Social Cohesion and Inclusive Governance to Foster Community Resilience and Sustainable Peace”
September 25, 2025
On September 25, commencing at 10:35 a.m. local time (11:35 p.m. JST), Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, during his visit to New York, U.S., attended the Ministerial-level Meeting of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on “Promoting Social Cohesion and Inclusive Governance to Foster Community Resilience and Sustainable Peace.” The overview of the meeting is as follows:
- The meeting, chaired by H.E. Dr. Johann Wadephul, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany, discussed strategies and experiences on fostering social cohesion as a core element of conflict prevention and peacebuilding. The meeting was attended by ministers and other representatives from approximately 70 countries and organizations, including Japan and other members of the PBC Organizational Committee, as well as countries considered by the PBC.
- In his statement, Minister IWAYA highlighted the importance of adopting an integrated approach that bridges the humanitarian, development, and peace fields in the effort to prevent and resolve today’s increasingly complex conflicts, and furthermore noted the need to strengthen the PBC’s relations with the main bodies of the United Nations such as the Security Council, the General Assembly, and the Economic and Social Council, as well as peacebuilding actors on the ground, so that the PBC can effectively fulfill its advisory, bridging, and convening roles. Minister IWAYA also emphasized that the PBC should be used more actively for promoting financing for peacebuilding. Lastly, Minister IWAYA reaffirmed Japan’s strong commitment to peacebuilding.
- During the meeting, many country representatives underscored the importance of the PBC in conflict prevention and peacebuilding and expressed their readiness to contribute to the efforts for peacebuilding, including for strengthening the roles and functions of the PBC, through participating in this year’s United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture Review.
