Looking back on the Southeast Asia Civil Society Regional Consultation and Dialogue on the 2025 UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review, held in Metro Manila in April 2025 and co-organized by Interpeace and Initiatives for International Dialogue. The consultation brought together civil society leaders from across Southeast Asia, alongside representatives from diplomatic missions and key international and national institutions.
Participants included representatives from the Embassy of Malaysia, the German Embassy Manila, the British Embassy Manila, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila, the Embassy of Canada to the Philippines, the Embassy of Ireland, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Development Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Asia, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), and the Southeast Asian Women Peace Mediators.
The dialogue underscored the importance of inclusive and meaningful civil society engagement in shaping peacebuilding priorities, and reaffirmed the value of creating sustained spaces for regional exchange and collaboration.
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