Leading up to the 80th anniversary of the United Nations and marking the 10-year anniversary of the Leaders' Summit on Peacekeeping, the 2025 Berlin UN Peacekeeping Ministerial is the latest in a series of meetings held at the Head of State, Government, or Ministerial level.
Objectives and Outcomes
The 2025 Berlin UN Peacekeeping Ministerial will serve as a high-level political forum to discuss the future of peacekeeping and for Member States to express and demonstrate their political support. It will also provide a platform for delegations to announce substantial pledges in support of closing capability gaps and adapting peace operations to better respond to existing challenges and new realities, in line with the pledging guide.
The UN Peacekeeping Ministerial 2025 will thereby contribute to increased safety and security for peacekeepers deployed, and foster overall mission effectiveness. For their pledges, member states are encouraged to arrange partnerships where appropriate, for instance in training and capacity-building.
Study on the future of peacekeeping, new models and related capabilities
At the request of Germany and the other co-chairs of the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial process, DPO commissioned the study on “The Future of Peacekeeping, New Models, and Related Capabilities”. Launched in the C34 on 1 November 2024, the study is intended to serve as food for thought leading into the Berlin Ministerial. The study’s vision for UN peacekeeping is a politically focused, people-centered, modular tool that can unite the Security Council around effective multilateral responses to a broad range of threats and challenges. The study offers 30 plausible models to inform thinking related to future UN missions.
Preparatory process
Three key events lead up to the 2025 Berlin UN Peacekeeping Ministerial.
- 10-11 December 2024 – Preparatory meeting on Capacity-building, Partnerships and the Future of Peacekeeping, co-hosted by Japan, the UK and Uruguay in Montevideo. Click here for the concept note, agenda and logistics note.
- 4-5 February 2025 – Preparatory meeting on the Future of Peacekeeping, New Models and Related Capabilities, co-hosted by Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Netherlands and USA in Jakarta.
- 26-27 March 2025 (TBC) – Preparatory meeting on Safety and Security of Peacekeepers, including technology, co-hosted by Pakistan and the Republic of Korea in Islamabad
Peacekeeping Ministerial Co-chairs
The Co-chairs of the Peacekeeping Ministerial process are Bangladesh, Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Uruguay, United Kingdom, United States and the United Nations Secretariat.