CHAPTER 2: INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
Action 16. We will promote cooperation and understanding between Member States, defuse tensions, seek the pacific settlement of disputes and resolve conflicts.
OUTPUT
Indicator
Target
Baseline: Sept 2024 Data Summary
Most Recently Reported Data
Progress
Sub-Action (b) Take effective collective measures, in accordance with the Charter, for the prevention and removal of threats to international peace and security, and revitalize and implement existing tools and mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes.
Good offices and special political missions
# of good offices special political missions deployments by the SG
Increase in # of special political missions deployments
In 2024, there were 23 active special political missions.
In 2025, there were 21 active special political missions.
Regression
Sub-Action (c) Develop and implement mechanisms as required for the pacific settlement of disputes, confidence-building, early warning and crisis management, at the subregional, regional and international levels to address new and emerging threats to international peace and security.
Peacekeeping
Operations
# of peacekeeping
operations
Increase in # of active peacekeeping
operations
In 2024, there were 11 active peacekeeping operations led by the Department of Peace Operations.
As of Dec. 2025, there were 11 active peacekeeping operations led by the Department of Peace Operations.
Minimal Progress
Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS)
# of Member States with early warning and risk assessment systems
Increase in # of Member States with early warning and risk assessment systems
As of Mar. 2024, 108 countries reported having MHEWS.
As of Apr. 2025, 119 countries reported the existence of MHEWS.
Substantive
Progress
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration programs
# of active Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programs
Increase in the # of active Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration programs
Over past 35 years, the UN has supported DDR processes across more than 30 countries and integrated DDR into more than 20 peace operations.
From Jan. to June 2025, the DDR Section in the DPO was deployed to over 35 contexts worldwide to support national authorities, regional organizations, the UN system, partners, and stakeholders.
Minimal Progress
Action 17. We will fulfill our obligation to comply with the decisions and uphold the mandate of the International Court of Justice in any case to which our State is a party
OUTPUT
Indicator
Target
Baseline: Sept 2024 Data Summary
Most Recently Reported Data
Progress
Sub-Action (a) Take appropriate steps to ensure that the International Court of Justice can fully and effectively discharge its mandate and promote awareness of its role in the peaceful settlement of disputes.
Advisory Opinions
# of Advisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Increase in # of Advisory Opinions issued by the ICJ
From 1948 until 2023, the ICJ had issued 27 Advisory Opinions in total.
In 2025, major Advisory Opinions on Israel/Palestine and the climate crisis were issued (2 in total).
Substantive
Progress
Third party interventions in ICJ Genocide Convention cases
# of Member States that seek to intervene as third parties (as per Articles 62 and 63 of ICJ Statute)
Increase in # of Member States that seek to intervene as third parties
Throughout 2023, the ICJ accepted 32 country requests to back Ukraine’s genocide case against Russia. In Dec. 2024, South Africa accused Israel in the ICJ of genocide in the Gaza Strip, violating the UN’s 1948 Genocide Convention. Throughout 2024, 14 countries announced their intention to intervene in the context of South Africa’s complaint.
In July 2025, the ICJ admitted 4 additional Article 63 declarations in The Gambia v Myanmar after the Court’s first wave in July 2024. In Mar. 2026, Iceland and the Netherlands filed declarations to intervene in South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel, bringing the number of countries seeking to participate in the proceedings to 18.
Substantive
Progress
Action 19. We will accelerate the implementation of our commitments on women, peace and security.
OUTPUT
Indicator
Target
Baseline: Sept 2024 Data Summary
Most Recently Reported Data
Progress
Sub-Action (a) Redouble our efforts to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
Women, Peace and Security (WPS) National Action Plans (NAPs) adopted
# of countries and territories with NAPs on WPS
Increase in # of countries and territories with adopted NAPs on WPS
As of 2024, 110 countries and territories had adopted NAPs on WPS.
By 2026, 117 countries and territories had adopted NAPs on WPS.
Substantive
Progress
# of Member State and regional organizations participating in WPS Focal Points Network
Increase in active engagement of Member State and regional organizations within the Network
As of 2024, the WPS Focal Points Network included 93 Member States and 10 regional organizations
By 2026, the network comprises 98 Member States and 10 regional organizations.
Substantive
Progress
Sub-Action (b) Deliver on our commitments to ensure that women can fully, equally, safely and meaningfully participate in all United Nations-led mediation and peace processes.
% of women engaged in formal peace processes (negotiators, mediators, and signatories)
Increase in women’s representation in formal peace processes
In 2023, women made up only 9.6% of negotiators globally, 19% in UN-led processes; women represented only 13.7% of mediators in over 50 analyzed peace processes; 26.6% of agreements had women signatories (this drops to 1.5% if Colombia is excluded).
In 2024, women made up only 7% of negotiators and 14% of mediators in formal peace processes, and many talks included no women. Although women accounted for 20% of signatories, this figure is largely driven by cases such as Colombia and the Philippines.
Regression
Women’s groups included as signatories in peace agreements
% of peace agreements signed by women’s groups or representatives of women’s civil society
Increase in share of peace agreements signed by women’s groups
In 2023, no peace or ceasefire agreements included a women’s group or civil society representative as a formal signatory. During that period, women’s representation in negotiating delegations stood at 19%.
In 2024, only 1 of 18 global peace agreements (6%) included a signatory from a women’s group. Women comprised 18% of negotiators in UN-supported processes, down from 19% in 2023 and 23% in 2020. Despite 45% representation in UN mediation teams, participation in signatory roles remains limited.
Minimal
Progress
Action 20. We will accelerate the implementation of our commitments on youth, peace and security
OUTPUT
Indicator
Target
Baseline: Sept 2024 Data Summary
Most Recently Reported Data
Progress
Sub-Action (a1) Take concrete voluntary measures to increase the inclusive representation of youth in decision-making related to conflict prevention and conflict resolution.
Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) National Action Plans (NAPs) and formal youth participation mechanisms adopted
# of Member States with formal mechanisms for youth participation in peace and security decision-making
Increase the # of Member States with YPS mechanisms
As of 2024, 5 Member States and 2 regional organizations (African Union and European Union) adopted YPS NAPs.
By 2025, 11 Member States and 2 regional organizations (African Union and European Union) have adopted YPS NAPs, but 9% of them are currently outdated, having expired in 2025 or before.
Substantive
Progress
Sub-Action (a2) Take concrete voluntary measures to increase opportunities for youth participation in relevant intergovernmental deliberations at the United Nations.
# of UN-led processes or platforms that include youth participation
Increase # of UN-led processes with youth participation
As of 2023, 27 UN entities reported implementing the fifth Youth2030 priority on peace and resilience building, while 39 UN Country Teams (UNCTs) engaged youth networks in conflict-affected contexts. In parallel, 94% (124 of 132) of UNCTs included youth-related results in their UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks, reflecting broad integration of youth participation across UN-led planning processes
In 2024, 92% (121 of 132) of UNCTs included youth-related results in their Cooperation Frameworks, indicating sustained integration, while at least 41 UN-supported peacebuilding projects (2018–2022) incorporated youth participation.
Minimal
Progress
Action 25. We will advance the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons
OUTPUT
Indicator
Target
Baseline: Sept 2024 Data Summary
Most Recently Reported Data
Progress
Sub-Action (a) Recommit to the goal of the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
Ratification of
the Treaty on
Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons
(TPNW)
# of ratifications of TPNW
Increase in # of ratifications of TPNW
In 2023, there were 93 signatories and 69 states parties to the Treaty
As of Sept. 2025, there are 74 states parties, as well as a further two signatories (95 in total), following Kyrgyzstan’s signature and Ghana’s ratification.
Substantive
Progress
National policy to reduce nuclear weapons
# of nuclear weapons in the world
Decrease in # of nuclear weapons in the world
In 2024, there were 12,121 nuclear weapons in the world.
By Jan. 2025, there were 12,241 nuclear weapons in the world.
No Progress
Nuclear disarmament policy implementation on the national level
# of countries with nuclear weapons
Decrease in # of countries in possession of nuclear weapons
At the start of 2024, 9 countries (U.S., Russia, UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [North Korea] and Israel) had nuclear weapons.
As of Mar. 2026, 9 countries are known to have nuclear weapons. Moreover, on May 22, 2026, the eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) concluded without agreement on a consensus outcome document amid rising nuclear risks.
No Progress
Sub-Action (c) Honour and respect all existing security assurances undertaken, including in connection with the treaties and relevant protocols of nuclearweapon-free zones.
Nuclear-weaponfree-zones(NWFZs)
# of existing and active treaties and relevant protocols of NWFZs
Maintain (and increase) NWFZs
As of Mar. 2022, regions covered under NWFZ agreements include: Latin America (the 1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco), the South Pacific (the 1985 Treaty of Rarotonga), Southeast Asia (the 1995 Treaty of Bangkok), Africa (the 1996 Treaty of Pelindaba), and Central Asia (the 2006 Treaty of Semipalatinsk).
As of May 2026, there were no changes in agreements or the number of zones.
Minimal
Progress