Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 03/2010

A Field Based Review of the Peacebuilding Commission in Burundi

Shepard Forman, Gigja Sorensen, Rahul Chandran

January 2010

Center on International Cooperation

Abstract

In June 2006 Burundi was placed on the Peacebuilding Commission’s (PBC) agenda, just as the peacekeeping mission (ONUB) was drawing down and the Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Burundi (BINUB) was starting up. Burundi was one of the first two countries added to the PBC's agenda. This field review by Dr. Shepard Forman, Gigja Sorensen and Rahul Chandran, provides a thorough assessment of the PBC's impact in Burundi as well as constructive suggestions that will allow for the formation of a successful peacebuilding strategy.