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CROATIA

As Croatia has just taken on the role as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on its 17th session, they have reaffirmed their commitment to coherent approaches to peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Croatia has emphasized the need to foster partnerships with governments, regional and sub-regional organizations, and civil society organizations. They have also underscored the need to ensure flexibility in the work of the Commission with a view to increasing outreach and interactions, and to ensuring that the Commission can further strengthen its advisory role to the Security Council and continue to provide a platform that countries can use to share good practices in peacebuilding.

As the PBC?recently approved its programme of work for 2023, Croatia is keen to ensure that the activities of the Commission can have an impact on the lives of people in conflict-affected countries.?

Croatia has also recognized that there is widening gap between needs and availability of resources for peacebuilding and has?called for increased, sustainable and more predictable and diversified financing.

Ambassador?Ivan ?imonovi?, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, and Permanent Representative of Croatia to the UN in New York said, ¡°In this time of darkness, when number of conflicts and victims are on the rise, PBC is a candle. We need to upgrade this candle into a torch: darkness cannot be overcome by darkness, but by light. We need examples of good practices in strengthening resilience of societies, conflict prevention and successful peacebuilding.¡±