UN General Assembly
2016

Kenya reaffirms its commitment to continuing to provide training facilities for United Nations programmes, as part of its pledge to strengthen United Nations peacekeeping operations. Kenya, as the current Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, has been at the forefront of advocating for a new peacebuilding architecture for sustainable peace throughout the world. That is why, later today, Kenya will co-host a pledging conference to boost the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund. For us, the message is clear — if we are to ever enjoy a peaceful world for all, we cannot invest any less in peacebuilding than we do in peacekeeping. Today, in the pledging conference, the Government of Kenya will pledge $100,000 to the Peacebuilding Fund. While we build the peacebuilding architecture, we must also dedicate greater efforts to rebuilding and transforming the United Nations system as a whole. We need to transform our global Organization into a more effective and responsive entity that reflects the complex challenges and realities of the twenty-first century.