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Securing a peaceful future

Responding to a world in transition

A changing world demands a resilient response. The United Nations employs a diverse range of mechanisms and tools to prevent conflict, foster people-centered, peaceful resolutions, and build sustainable peace, including through diplomacy, mediation, disarmament, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, justice and the rule of law, to address the evolving threats to international peace and security.

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What is transnational organized crime?

Transnational organized crime doesn't just steal money; it steals futures, corrupts communities, and destroys lives. Let’s look at how it poses a threat to everyone, everywhere.

A boy stands near the barbed wire in an area contaminated by landmines in Dohuk Province, Iraq. Credit: UNHCR/Dominic Nahr

How conflict impacts our environment

The environmental impact of war is a critical yet often neglected issue. It's time to recognize the profound damage conflict inflicts on our planet.

Students in Juba, South Sudan march for peace. Credit: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Violence against children: an overview

Children need peace to thrive. Violence against them cannot be justified under any circumstances and must be prevented at all costs – here’s why.

August 2019: Farmers and herders benefit from peacebuilding projects in Agadez, Niger. Credit: UN Peacebuilding

Why peacebuilding matters

Nearly 20 years ago, at the 2005 World Summit, UN Member States created the Peacebuilding Commission, an intergovernmental body tasked with establishing mechanisms to help countries sustainably recover and rebuild from conflicts.

Harvests globally have been decimated by extreme weather events such as droughts and floods, like the one pictured above in South Sudan. Credit: WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua

Climate, peace and security: what we need to know

Climate change affects us all, no matter where we live. It is particularly devastating for fragile countries and communities already facing conflict or humanitarian crises.

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From heroin to coffee: farmers seek alternative crops to end illicit drug trafficking

Illicit drugs start as raw commodities grown by farmers: opium poppy to create heroin and coca to produce cocaine. Seeking alternatives, farmers from Myanmar to Peru, from Afghanistan to Bolivia, from Laos to Colombia and beyond have been able to transition to a beverage beloved around the world: coffee. Laura Gil Martínez from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime explains how it all works.

Learn more about transnational organized crime, including drug trafficking.