Window I: Overview

Peacebuilding Fund Window I includes countries that are on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). In the enabling resolutions establishing the Peacebuilding Commission, resolutions 60/180 and 1645 (2005) of 20 December 2005, the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council decided a country can be included on the PBC’s agenda via:

1. Requests for advice from the Security Council;
2. Requests for advice from the ECOSOC or the General Assembly with the consent of a concerned Member State in exceptional circumstances on the verge of lapsing or relapsing into conflict and with which the Security Council is not seized;
3. Requests for advice from Member States in exceptional circumstances on the verge of lapsing or relapsing into conflict and which are not on the agenda of the Security Council;
4. Requests for advice from the Secretary-General.

The PBC is likely to deal only with countries emerging from conflict, once a peace accord has been concluded and a minimum degree of security exists. Countries would be expected to express an interest in appearing before the PBC. A referral against the wish of the Government is unlikely to take place.

Currently, the following countries receive support from the PBF under Window I:

• Burundi
• Central African Republic
• Guinea Bissau
• Sierra Leone