Deputy Speaker Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu led the adoption of a landmark resolution on post-conflict recovery at the 152nd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey.
Serving as co-rapporteur, he presented the draft resolution on “The Role of Parliaments in Establishing Robust Post-Conflict Management Mechanisms and Restoring a Just and Lasting Peace” at the Assembly. The adoption of this resolution signals growing recognition that sustainable peace requires strong, inclusive, and accountable parliamentary institutions.
The resolution commits parliaments worldwide to a five-pillar framework for recovery: strengthened institutions, equitable economic reconstruction, social reconciliation, inclusive political life, and sustained international support anchored in human security, dignity, and resilience.
Peace is not an event. It is a deliberate, sustained, and inclusive process and Parliaments must be at the centre of building it.
In his remarks Kalu advocated strongly that post-conflict recovery should be led nationally. He stated that parliaments must guide recovery through holistic frameworks that ensure reconstruction strategies, legal reforms, and institutional strengthening are designed through inclusive national processes with external assistance aligned to nationally defined priorities and subject to democratic oversight.
