Definitions: Peace and Security
Peacebuilding is a diverse set of efforts to prevent, reduce, transform, and help people recover from violence in all forms. It seeks to establish a durable peace and tries to prevent the recurrence of violence by addressing root causes and effects of conflict through reconciliation, institution building and political as well as economic transformation.
Peacekeeping
The United Nations defines peacekeeping as "the deployment of international military and civilian personnel to a conflict area with the consent of the parties to the conflict in order to: stop or contain hostilities or supervise the carrying out of a peace agreement."¹
Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Efforts to support the transition from conflict to peace in an affected country through the rebuilding of the social, political, and economic fabric of a society.
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