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Development and Conflict: Integrating a Conflict Perspective into Programming (May 19-23 2008)  new

The course in Birmingham examines conflict sensitivity from a transformative perspective and explores the dynamic relationship between development and humanitarian interventions and conflict. (Responding to Conflict (RTC), May 2008)

http://www.respond.org/DC.htm

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Cote d'Ivoire: Peace as an Option (pdf)

The four-year crisis in Cote d'Ivoire could finally end if the government of national reconciliation continues to make progress toward presidential elections, meant to occur before 31 October. However, no political actors have yet given up the capacity for violence or committed themselves irrevocably to elections they may lose. The government should embark on a nationwide campaign to inform the public of necessary preparations, including identifying citizens entitled to vote and disarming and reintegrating ex-combatants. Major donor support is needed for all these steps. Prime Minister Banny should continue an inclusive dialogue with all political actors and social sectors to mobilise opinion behind the government and should continue working with President Gbagbo, who may be tempted to delay elections to prolong his power. If concrete results are achieved in the next few months, peace may finally be within reach. (Crisis Group, 17 May 2006)

http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4112

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A strategy for ending northern Uganda's crisis

This report, from the International Crisis Group, discusses the history of the conflict currently taking place in Northern Uganda between the Lords Resistance Army and the Government. The report outlines some of the suffering caused by the conflict and attempts to propose some strategies for conflict resolution.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/DPAS-6KXE9Y?OpenDocument

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Aceh: Post-conflict Complications

Peace in Aceh continues to hold but many Acehnese see a temporary respite from a conflict that will inevitably resume. This report discusses the problems the Acehnese face and offers policy recommendations and suggestions for maintaining peace (International Crisis Group, 4 October 2007)

http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/south_east_asia/139_aceh_post_conflict_complications.pdf

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Afghanistan, Inc: A Corpowatch Investigative Report (pdf)

Fariba Nawa, an Afghan-American who returned to her native country to examine the progress of reconstruction, uncovers some examples of where the money has (and hasn't) gone, how the system of international aid works (and doesn't), and what it is really like in the villages and cities where outsiders are rebuilding the war-torn countryside. (Fairba Nawa, CorpWatch, May 2006)

http://corpwatch.org/downloads/CorpWatch%20Afghan%20report.pdf

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Alliance for Conflict Transformation

Looking for a Career in Conflict Resolution? Searching for Information on Grants or Scholarships? Looking to Recruit Qualified Candidates? For the past four years, the Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT) has maintained one of the premier resources for professionals seeking employment and funding opportunities in the fields of peace and conflict resolution, civil society development, human rights and international education. ACT currently maintains Announcement Forums for individuals seeking jobs, grants and scholarships, and information on conferences and other events. ACT's Forums are also used by organizations interested in recruiting qualified candidates. Over 100 organizations and universities throughout the world currently use the forums to recruit entry-level to advanced professional and academic candidates. Join the thousands of members who receive important information about jobs, scholarships, and professional events around the world. For more information, visit the Alliance for Conflict Transformation website at www.conflicttransformation.org or email ACT at forums@conflicttransformation.org

http://www.conflicttransformation.org

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Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2006 (Breifing

This report examines more than forty UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions in 2005 including the Darfur region of the Sudan, Afghanistan, Haiti, Liberia and Kosovo among others. The Review's analysis and data contains several policy recommendations for strengthening global peace operations capacity while reducing the current level of strain. (Center on International Cooperation, 2006)

http://www.cic.nyu.edu/internationalsecurity/globalpeace/PDFs/AR06_Briefing_paper.pdf

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Big Gamble in Rwanda

This review in the New York Review of Books looks at the state of Rwanda as it slowly moves forward after the genocide of 1994. The review examines in detail the rule of Paul Kagame, who is characterised by some as an autocrat with little respect for human rights but by others as a well intentioned leader bent on doing what is necessary to stop his country from spiraling into conflict again.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19996

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Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

The Centre is an independent and impartial organisation, based in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated to the promotion of humanitarian principles, the prevention of conflict and the alleviation of its effects. The Centre facilitates dialogue on challenging humanitarian issues and between warring parties to resolve conflict, and promotes efforts to design effective operational approaches to humanitarian issues and provides an independent forum to exchange information collected from field experience.

http://www.hdcentre.org/

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Chomsky on Iran, Iraq, and the Rest of the World

Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On February 9, Michael Shank interviewed him on the latest developments in U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Venezuela. Along the way, Chomsky also commented on climate change, the World Social Forum, and why international relations are run like the mafia. (Michael Shank, COA News, Feb 26 2007)

http://www.coanews.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1691

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Colombia: Towards Peace and Justice?

'Colombia: Towards Peace and Justice?', the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the demobilisation of paramilitaries, a process now drawing to a close but at a potentially high price that might make lasting peace harder to achieve. The July 2005 Justice and Peace Law has still not been applied, and President Alvaro Uribe may be prioritising a quick fix removal of the extreme right-wing group from the conflict at the cost of justice for their victims and at the risk of leaving paramilitary power structures largely untouched. Rather, the government should increase law enforcement measures at once against demobilised paramilitaries and supporters who interfere with the democratic process, and execute a coherent strategy for repairing and implementing the Justice and Peace Law that includes the reorganisation of programmes for reinserting ex-combatants into society. Recommending that the National Commission on Reparations prioritise victim and civil society participation, the report warns that if the Colombian government does not change its policy on the demobilisation of paramilitaries, it risks prolonging the 40-year armed conflict and damaging democracy. (International Crisis Group, Latin America Report N°16, 14 March 2006)

http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/latin_america/16_colombia_towards_peace_and_justice.pdf

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Conciliation Resources (CR)

Conciliation Resources (CR) serves as an international resource for local organisations pursuing peacebuilding and conflict resolution initiatives. Our principal objective is to support the sustained activities of those working at community or national levels to prevent or transform armed conflict into opportunities for social, political and economic development based on more just relationships.

http://www.c-r.org/

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Conducting a Conflict Assessment: A Framework for Analysis and Program Development (PDF 294 kb)

(USAID DEC) Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, USAID. Conflict assessments are diagnostic tools that are designed to help Missions: 1) identify and prioritize the causes and consequences of violence and instability that are most important in a given country context; 2) understand how existing development programs interact with factors linked to violence; and 3) determine where development and humanitarian assistance can most effectively support local efforts to manage conflict and build peace.

http://www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNADA636.pdf

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Conflict Management Support

Conflict Management Support is dedicated to the promotion of conflict management / conflict resolution skills - by providing support in the areas of education, information exchange, and the appropriate application of technology

http://www.cmsupport.org

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Conflict Prevention Partnership

The Conflict Prevention Partnership is a cooperative effort between international non-governmental organisations - the International Crisis Group (Crisis Group), International Alert (Alert), European Policy Centre (EPC) and European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) - and focuses on helping to prevent, manage and resolve deadly conflict, and engage in peacebuilding in conflict-affected regions.

http://www.conflictprevention.net/

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Conflict, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: Meeting the Challenges (PDF)

The paper aims to contribute to the formation of an understanding of practicable policy and operational responses to dilemmas faced by humanitarian agencies in conflict areas. It summarises current debates on conflict, aid and peacebuilding and suggests that humanitarian agencies can go beyond avoiding negative impacts on conflict ('Do No Harm'), to contributing positively to conflict transformation and peacebuilding in a way that respects their core mandates and key humanitarian principles. The paper argues that this may be achieved by incorporating a 'conflict sensitive' approach in planning and programming and provides key recommendations for humanitarian agencies, donors and Western governments. (International Alert, 2003)

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LGEL-5V7K2J?OpenDocument

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Creating a UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding capacity to Prevent Massive Loss of Human Life: the UNEPS Project

The United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) project is being developed by a group of international experts and civil society leaders as an individually recruited, gender integrated, rapid-response, standing UN capacity that can help put an end to genocide and crimes against humanity occurring anywhere in the world. (Global Action to Prevent War and UNEPS Project, November 2007)

http://www.wfuna.org/news/newsletter/zuberconn77.cfm

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Disaster Diplomacy

Disaster Diplomacy is one radical interpretation of disaster, as it asks: Do natural disasters induce international cooperation amongst enemy countries? This site includes case studies, publications, an implementation and application index and the ability for you to contribute your view.

http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org/

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European Centre for Conflict Prevention

The European Centre for Conflict Prevention, or the ECCP, is a non-governmental organisation that promotes effective conflict prevention and peacebuilding strategies, and actively supports and connects people working for peace worldwide. We aim to make this website an easy source of information on our organisation, and on publications and events in and around the conflict prevention and peacebuilding community. We welcome your input, for example, to our calendar and Newsletters, and hope that you will explore the networks we are part of.

http://www.conflict-prevention.net/

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Final Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor [PDF]

This much awaited report details the systematic human rights violations committed during the 24-year Indonesian occupation of Timor and the failure to achieve justice for these crimes. The report, entitled "Chega!" ("Enough!" in Portuguese), is available in English and Bahasa Indonesia. From the International Centre for Transitional Justice.

http://www.etan.org/news/2006/cavr.htm

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Genocide in Slow Motion

In this New York Review of books article American journalist Nicholas Kristof reviews two books on the Dafur genocide - Darfur: A Short History of a Long War (by Julie Flint and Alex de Waal) and Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide (by Gerard Prunier). In doing so Kristof provides a detailed history of the conflict as well as outlining the ongoing tragedy. Kristof ends his review with a plea for UN intervention to halt the ongoing crisis before it becomes just another name in the long list of crimes against humanity that have taken place while the rest of the World has looked away.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18674

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Global Resource Management: Conflict Potential and Characteristics of a Global Governance Regime

The purpose of this Policy Paper is to review current thinking on the issue of global resource management and outline key options for action. (Development and Peace Foundation (SEF), 2007)

http://www.sef-bonn.org/download/publikationen/policy_paper/pp_27_en.pdf

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Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups: a manual for practitioners [PDF - 1.4MB]

This manual produced by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs offers detailed advice and guidelines for humanitarian workers involved in negotiations with armed groups. The preface to the manual notes that: "For humanitarian workers, the ability to negotiate with all actors in situations of crisis or conflict is essential to effective and timely provision of humanitarian assistance and protection. Indeed, where the humanitarian imperative dictates, negotiation - conducted in an independent, impartial and neutral manner - can sometimes be a humanitarian necessity!"

http://ochaonline.un.org/humanitariannegotiations/index.htm

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INCORE Guide to Internet Resources on Mediation

Version 1/03, February 2003. Compiled by Tineke Vaes. This Thematic Guide is intended as an aid to those researching mediation as it is used to address conflicts of a local, national or international nature. A selection of general information on resources on mediation is provided, and there is also a specific section on resources on mediation in Northern Ireland.

http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/themes/mediation.htm

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INCORE Guide to Internet Resources on Restorative Justice

Version 1/03, January 2003. Compiled by Tineke Vaes. This Thematic Guide aims to aid those researching restorative justice, a philosophy which plays a significant role in the field of conflict resolution. A brief selection of general information on restorative justice is provided, after which the focus is directed to expressions of restorative justice in Northern Ireland and abroad. Finally, links are provided to subjects related to restorative justice.

http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/themes/restorativejustice04.htm

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