Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 06/2014

Ensuring Stable and Peaceful Societies: Memo to H.E. John W. Ashe, President of the General Assembly

David Steven

April 2014

Center on International Cooperation

Abstract

On April 24th and 25th, the President of the UN General Assembly will lead a thematic debate on ensuring stable and peaceful societies. CIC Senior Fellow David Steven, at the request of the President of the General Assembly, has prepared a memo which highlights why peace and stability is important for sustainable development and how it might be addressed in the post-2015 development agenda. The outcome of this discussion will be included in the President's summary and will be available as an input in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.