The General Assembly and the Security Council on the same day adopted identical resolutions endorsing a 2025 review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, UN officials said at a briefing in New York. Elizabeth Spehar, assistant secretary‑general for peacebuilding support, and Ambassador Macharia Kamau, chair of the Secretary‑General's advisory group for the Peacebuilding Fund, presented the outcome and funding updates.

"Both the General Assembly and the Security Council adopted by consensus identical resolutions on the 2025 peace building architecture review," Spehar said, calling the consensual agreement a "blueprint" for strengthening UN peacebuilding over the next five years.

The briefing also marked a funding milestone: "we reached, 1,000,000,000 US dollars in support to peace building efforts around the world, over the past 6 years," Spehar said. Ambassador Kamau said member states have agreed to an assessed contribution that will provide $50,000,000 to the Peacebuilding Fund every year going forward, a step he said will provide greater stability.

Kamau framed the assessed contribution as progress toward an aspirational target the Fund previously set: "The aim was to raise about 1,500,000,000.0," leaving a remaining gap Kamau described as roughly $500 million between current resources and the Fund's objective. He urged expanded partnerships with civil society, the private sector and international financial institutions to close the gap and improve "last‑mile" delivery to communities.

Spehar emphasized why the architecture and funding matter: the UN's peacebuilding tools — including the Peacebuilding Commission, the Peacebuilding Support Office and the Secretary‑General's Peacebuilding Fund — are intended to help countries sustain peace after agreements are signed. She cited prevention as both strategically and fiscally preferable, noting an external study she summarized as estimating that "every dollar invested in prevention possibly yielding 25 to $100 in savings."

The resolutions and funding commitments set a procedural and financial context for a broader, member‑driven review of the UN's peacebuilding approach through 2030. Officials said the review and the new assessed contribution aim to give the Secretary‑General more predictable resources to intervene where rapid, strategic support is needed. The briefing closed with UN officials urging continued donor and partner engagement to deepen and sustain peacebuilding efforts.