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DPPA Practice Note: Addressing the Malicious Use of Information and Communications Technologies in Mediation Processes

The malicious use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) such as offensive cyber operations and Internet and telecommunications shutdowns are a reality of contemporary armed conflict, featuring regularly in international wars between States and in internal civil conflicts. As the malicious ICT conduct in conflict has grown, so have the calls for its inclusion among issues to be negotiated in peace processes. This Practice Note explores the implications of this trend for peace mediation efforts, including mediator preparedness and concrete options for negotiating and monitoring agreements to limit the use of these technologies.

DPPA Practice Note: Addressing the Malicious Use of Information and Communications Technologies in Mediation Processes

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The malicious use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) such as offensive cyber operations and Internet and telecommunications shutdowns are a reality of contemporary armed conflict, featuring regularly in international wars between States and in internal civil conflicts. As the malicious ICT conduct in conflict has grown, so have the calls for its inclusion among issues to be negotiated in peace processes.

How the UN System Can Advance Tangible Results on Women’s Participation in Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding by 2030

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This (2024) UN DPPA, DPO and UN Women Options Paper provides UN senior leadership, including (D)SRSGs, and RCs/HCs, options and illustrative examples on how the UN system can advance tangible results in women’s participation in peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding by 2030, as part of achieving the Secretary-General's (2020) Women Peace and Security goals for the decade (see: S/2020/946, para 113).

COVID-19 and Conflict: Advancing Women's Meaningful Participation in Ceasefires and Peace Processes

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This brief addresses the importance of women’s full, equal and meaningful participation to an effective pandemic response and to peacemaking efforts, and how the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda can provide a critical framework for inclusive decision-making and sustainable solutions.

Executive Summary - From Words to Action: The Experience of UN Political Missions in Colombia on Women, Peace, and Security

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The Colombian peace process and its 2016 Final Peace Agreement are widely held to be an international model for gender-sensitivity and the inclusion of women’s rights. The United Nations (UN) played an active role, along with others in the international community, first

From Words to Action: The Experience of UN Political Missions in Colombia on Women, Peace, and Security

Submitted by michaelfelber on

The Colombian peace process and its 2016 Final Peace Agreement are widely held to be an international model for gender-sensitivity and the inclusion of women’s rights. In many respects, that Agreement embodies the vision and principles reflected in UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and subsequent resolutions on Women, Peace and Security (WPS),1 although it includes no explicit mention of them.

UN DPPA Women, Peace and Security Policy (2023)

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Following a review, in 2023, GPS issued a revised DPPA WPS Policy. The new Policy maintains the same priority areas, but with updates to reflect key developments and new areas of work, including digital technology and climate, peace and security. The Department continues to develop policy on the intersection of WPS and other relevant issues, such as Youth, Peace and Security, and to consider the gendered implications of evolving technologies and the risks of hate speech and mis- and disinformation.  

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