The College of Law at the University of Mosul discussed, on the morning of Sunday, 27 September 2026, the master’s thesis of the student Omar Ojeil Sultan Abdullah Al-Ojeili, entitled: “The Effectiveness of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Peacebuilding and Community Cohesion in Fragile States,” under the supervision of Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus Yahya Al-Saigh.

The thesis addressed the role of the United Nations Development Programme in peacebuilding and the enhancement of community cohesion in fragile States, through an examination of the conceptual and legal framework of the Programme’s work, the scope of its legal mandate and its relationship to the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs, in addition to a review of the concept of peacebuilding, community cohesion, and fragile States, and the most prominent United Nations bodies and programmes supporting peacebuilding.

The thesis likewise examined the social, legal, economic, and developmental mechanisms adopted by the Programme, and its role in supporting national institutions, the rule of law, justice, community participation, and sustainable development, with the application thereof to the experiences of Iraq, Somalia, and South Sudan, and the diagnosis of the most prominent legal and practical challenges confronting the Programme’s work, culminating in the presentation of proposals that contribute to the development of its effectiveness and the enhancement of the sustainability of the outcomes of peacebuilding, development, and community cohesion.