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Articles, publications, books, tools and multimedia features from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest news, analysis, research findings, practitioner guides and reports, all related to the conflict zones and issues that are at the center of the Institute’s work to prevent and reduce violent conflict.
Enhancing International Civilian Police in Peace Operations
In the post-Cold War period, there has been an increase in the number of violent intra-state conflicts. Consequently, the international community has increased its focus on international peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction.
Advancing Human Rights and Peace in a Complex World
Summary Pursuing human rights and democracy is essential to success in the war on terrorism and to overall efforts to secure peace. It is, however, a long-term process. Balancing must always be done between those long-term goals and immediate needs, including ending the terrorist threat. Democracy, a pillar of respect for the rights and value of each individual, remains key to obtaining lasting peace and a resolution to a number of scourges that face the world today, including terrori...
Peace Agreements: Bougainville (Papa New Guinea)
Bougainville Peace Agreement (08-30-2001) Posted by USIP Library on: April 9 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the Adviser to the Papua New Guinea Government on the Bougainville Peace Process Date e-mailed: October 31 2001 Lincoln Agreement on Peace, Security and Development on Bougainville (01-23-1998) Posted by USIP Library on: April 11 2002 Source Name: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade web site Source URL: www.dfat.gov.au/geo/png/bougainville/png_l...
Peace Agreements: Georgia
Agreement on a Cease-Fire and Separation of Forces (05-14-1994) Posted by USIP Library on: April 9, 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the United Nations Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Source Document Number: U.N. Doc. No. S/1994/583, annex I Date E-mailed: February 24, 2000 Proposal for the Establishment of a Coordinating Commission (05-11-1994) Posted by USIP Library on: April 9, 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the United Nations Information Centre, Washington...
Peace Agreements: Tajikistan
General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan (06-27-1997) Posted by USIP Library on: April, 9 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the United Nations Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Source Document Number: U.N. Doc. No. A/52/219 Date e-mailed: February 24, 2000 The Moscow Declaration (06-27-1997) Posted by USIP Library on: April 9, 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the United Nations Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Source...
Training for Peace and Humanitarian Relief Operations: Advancing Best Practices
While the four communities in peace operations--governmental and non- governmental organizations (NGOs), the military, and international civilian police--frequently find themselves sharing the same field of operation, their approaches to and structures for training for that interaction and the articulation of training needs are quite different.
Dialogue Sustained
The participants in the Dartmouth Conference-so named because the first meeting took place at Dartmouth College in 1960-didn't just open up a new level of East-West understanding, they also pioneered a new kind of dialogue between adversaries. They were not government officials, yet their aim was somehow to narrow the divide between the Soviet and American governments-and indeed their peoples.
Peace Agreements: Mozambique
General Peace Agreement for Mozambique (10-04-1992) Posted by USIP Library on: March 26, 2002 Source Name: The United Nations and Mozambique 1992-1995, the United Nations Blue Books Series, vol. V. (New York: United Nations, Dept. of Public Information, 1995), PP. 105-123. Source Document Number: U.N. Doc. Doc. No. S/24635 Date Digitized: November 4, 2000 Joint Declaration (08-07-1992) Posted by USIP Library on: March 26, 2002 Source Name: The United Nations and Mozambique 1...
Peace Agreements: Somalia
Addis Ababa Agreement concluded at the first session of the Conference on National Reconciliation in Somalia, 27 March 1993 (03-27-1993) Posted by USIP Library on: March 20, 2002 Source Name: The United Nations and Somalia 1992-1996, the United Nations Blue Books Series, vol. VIII. (New York: United Nations, Dept. of Public Information, 1996), pp. 264-266. Date digitized: November 4, 2000 Agreement on the establishment of an ad hoc committee, signed in Addis Ababa, on 15 January 199...
Peace Agreements: Sri Lanka
Agreement on a ceasefire between the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (02-22-2002) Posted by USIP Library on: February 25, 2002 and March 18, 2002 Source Name: Web site of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for text of the agreement. Source Name: Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C. for text of Annexes A and B via e-mail.