This policy brief is based on a comparative reading of the three formal declarations produced by the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in 2009-2011. It also takes a quick look at how conflict and fragility and civil society are referred to in the outcome document of the 4th High Level Forum in Busan. It concludes that while the documents sometimes build on each other or reinforce certain messages, there also are significant complementarities. No one document should be taken as the exclusive reference.