While both the secretary-general’s New Agenda for Peace and the Pact for the Future highlight the importance of preventing all forms of violence and the universality of prevention, the question that arises is whether the PBC has the capacity to support NPS through a universal approach. [...] b) Ensure complementarity between the PBC and the Security Council In the area of NPS, the PBC and the Security Council have the potential to complement each other in a number of ways, including through the PBC’s provision of advice to the Security Council. [...] Following deliberations in the Peacebuilding Commission, the Chair would send a letter to the President of cic.nyu.edu What Can the PBC Do to Support National Prevention Strategies 29 the General Assembly conveying the request from the Member State and recommending the dispatch of a fact-finding mission by the Secretary- General to develop options for a tailored package of support. [...] The PBC can thus draw on the expertise of some of the ECOSOC’s expert-led subsidiary bodies, like the Committee for Development Policy, which sets the criteria for Least Developed Country status, or the Permanent Forum on Indigenous People, to advise the political leadership engaged at the PBC about the interlinkages between peace and development. [...] The PBC and the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council recognized the importance of cooperation on prevention during their October 2024 joint annual meeting, where they “reaffirmed the need for increased support to the peacebuilding and national prevention plans of countries and regional organizations and for further strengthening of the strategic partnership between the two bodies to achie.
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