PILPG Engagement with the United Nations
PILPG, a UN-recognized NGO with ECOSOC consultative status, periodically engages with United Nations bodies and fora to weigh in on key issues related to peace and justice. PILPG also has a dedicated Circle of Former Ambassadors to the United Nations Human Rights Council, which releases statements and hosts expert roundtables on issues impacting human rights globally.
PILPg’s circle of former ambassadors to the HUman rights council homepage
United Nations Forum on Minority Issues
Click on the image above to access PILPG’s written recommendations and comments.
In December 2021, PILPG Founder Dr. Paul R. Wiliams and Research Fellow Isabela Karibjanian contributed a written intervention to the 14th Session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues. PILPG’s comments propose discrete recommendations for the incorporation of minority rights into peace agreements and draws from the theme of the Forum's fifth session: Towards a lasting peace: positive initiatives to better protect the rights of minorities.
PILPG Program Manager Greta Ramelli delivered remarks on behalf of PILPG during the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues’ fifth session, entitled “Towards a lasting peace: positive initiatives to better protect the rights of minorities.” Her remarks included concrete suggestions from the PILPG team on how to best incorporate minority rights into peace agreements, with an aim of forging a durable peace.