Meeting Notes Archive

2003

Peace, Security and Governance in the Great Lakes Region, by Dorina Bekoe. The first seminar of the Africa Program’s third phase, held 15-17 December 2003 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Strengthening the Security-Development Nexus: Assessing International Policy and Practice Since the 1990s, by Agnes Hurwitz and Gordon Peake. The report of the Security-Development Nexus Program’s launch conference, held in New York on 5 December 2003.

Peacemaking in Southern Africa: The Role and Potential of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), by Dr. Dorina Bekoe, November 2003. The report summarizes the task force meeting organized to assess the potential of SADC’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation to engage in peacemaking and peacebuilding in the sub-region. It specifically examines SADC’s role in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho. The task force meeting, organized jointly by the International Peace Academy and the University of the Witwatersrand’s Centre for Africa’s International Relations, took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 29 March 2002.

The Regionalization of Conflict and Intervention, by Charles Cater, October 2003. This report provides a brief analytical summary of the 8th annual IPA New York Seminar, held 5-9 May 2003 in West Point, New York. Nearly seventy panelists and participants representing the UN, regional organizations, member governments, NGOs, academia, and the media contributed to a lively debate on this year’s theme, “Regional Approaches to Conflict.” Recent developments in places such as Liberia, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Iraq set the context for discussions.

Cooperation in Peace Operations: The United Nations and Europe, 33rd IPA Vienna Seminar, 2003. Participants from the political, diplomatic, and military arenas, as well as members of academia and NGOs, met to discuss how cooperation in peace operations conducted by the UN, the EU, NATO, and other international actors might be improved in the future. This discussion was conducted with a view toward further implementing the recommendations of the Brahimi Report.

Civil Society Perspectives from the Mano River Union by Angela Ndinga-Muvumba, June 2003. This report presents some of the views and themes discussed at the IPA Civil Society Dialogue on “Civil Society Perspectives from the Mano River Union (MRU),” held in New York on 14 June 2002. The meeting provided a platform for civil society leaders from the three Mano River Union countries—Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone —to share information and analyses with the United Nations community in New York on the consolidation of democracy in West Africa, the role of civil society in peacebuilding, and challenges for improving the effectiveness of civil society actors in the Mano River basin. Also available in French translation.

From Promise to Practice: Revitalizing the General Assembly for the New Millennium, Report of the High-Level Retreat, 16-17 May 2003 Greentree Estate, Manhasset, NY.

Operationalizing the ECOWAS Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Security, by Dorina Bekoe and Aida Mengistu, May 2003. This report summarizes the discussions held at the task force meeting, organized jointly by IPA and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which took place in Dakar, Senegal, on 12-13 August 2002. The meeting built on the second of IPA’s three policy seminars in the current phase of its work (July 2000 – June 2003), which took place in September 2001 in Abuja, Nigeria, and was also organized in partnership with ECOWAS. The Dakar task force meeting brought together about forty diplomats, parliamentarians, soldiers, academics, and civil society actors, drawn largely from West Africa, to develop recommendations on operationalizing and institutionalizing the ECOWAS Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Security. Also available in French translation.

A Framework for Lasting Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Former Combatants in Crisis Situations. By Lotta Hagman and Zoe Nielsen, April 2003. A report summarizing the discussions held at the 12-13 December 2002 workshop held at German House in cooperation with UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery.

Responding to Terrorism: What Role for the United Nations? edited by Clara Lee, April 2003. This report summarizes the conclusions of the IPA project on “The United Nations and International Terrorism”. The concept paper and conference report, together with abridged versions of six of the papers IPA commissioned for the conference on “Responding to Terrorism: What Role for the United Nations?” (25-26 October 2002, New York), presenting a range of views from the global South and North, make up the basis for this final report.

Challenges in Police Reform: Promoting Effectiveness and Accountability By Dr. Charles T. Call, and edited by Zoe Nielsen, April 2003. The report is an edited version of a background paper written by Dr. Call for an IPA meeting held in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 23 September 2002, examining challenges in police reform. The report contributes to the ongoing development of programmatic strategies in UNDP for reforming policing systems. The report presents diverse approaches to police reform, describes some of the principal tensions confronting national and international officials seeking to enhance police reform, and addresses the specific challenges of advancing both the accountability and effectiveness of policing.

“You, the People: Transitional Administration, State-Building and the United Nations” by Sebastian von Einsiedel, January 2003. Report summarizing the discussions and recommendations at an IPA conference on UN Transitional Administrations (New York, October 18-19, 2002).

2002

Security and Development in Sierra Leone, by Lotta Hagman, November 2002. A report from a workshop held in New York on 10-11 June 2002.

Creating Conditions for Peace: What Role for the UN and Regional Actors? by Dr. David Carment, November 2002. Report of a conference held by IPA in association with Wilton Park 1-3 July 2002.

The Political Economy of War and Peace, by Charles Cater, November 2002. A report of the IPA New York Seminar held at West Point on 6-10 May, 2002 to examine the legacies of war economies and the challenges they pose for peace operations, including peace implementation and sustainable post-conflict peace building.

Options for Promoting Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Zones: Perspectives from the Private Sector, by Jake Sherman, November 2002. A report of the Working Group on “The Role of Private Sector in Armed Conflict”, held April 5, 2002, at the Mission of Luxembourg, to examine private sector actors’ perceptions of and experiences with certain key existing and prospective measures, both voluntary and regulatory, to manage their behavior in conflict zones.

Past, Present and Future Challenges in Peacekeeping. Report of the seminar organized by IPA and the Best Practices Unit of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) on 29 October 2002 in New York. The seminar reunited current and previous Under-Secretaries-General and several highly reputed Special Representatives of the Secretary-General (SRSGs) in a review of the last ten years in UN peacekeeping history.

Controlling Resource Flows to Civil Wars: A Review and Analysis of Current Policies and Legal Instruments, by Philippe Le Billon, Jake Sherman, and Marcia Hartwell, October 2002. Background Paper for the Conference on Policies and Practices for Regulating Resource Flows to Armed Conflicts, co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and held at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Study and Conference Center, May 20 – 24, 2002, Bellagio, Italy.

Policies and Practices for Controlling Resource Flows in Armed Conflict, by Jake Sherman, September 2002. A conference report summarizing discussions at the Conference on Policies and Practices for Regulating Resource Flows to Armed Conflicts, co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and held at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Study and Conference Center, May 20 – 24, 2002, Bellagio, Italy.

Economic Agendas in Civil Wars: Defining and Developing the Role of the UN, by Alexandra Guaqueta, August 2002. Policy recommendations emerging from the Symposium held March 25, 2002, co-organized by the International Peace Academy and the Fafo Institute for Applied Social Science, Programme for International Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (PICCR) and sponsored by the Government of Norway during its Presidency of the UN Security Council.

The Politics of Sanctions, by Simon Chesterman and Béatrice Pouligny, June 2002. This report draws upon insights shared at two meetings on sanctions convened by the International Peace Academy (IPA) in Paris in November 2001 and London in March 2002. The first meeting was held in partnership with the Center for International Studies and Research (CERI – Sciences-Po), the second with the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Sharing Best Practices on Conflict Prevention: The UN, Regional and Subregional Organizations, National and Local Actors – Workshop Report, by Sara Lodge, July 2002. A report summarizing the discussions at the 8-10 April 2002 Prevention program workshop held in partnership with the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, Egypt.

Central Asia’s First Decade of Independence: Promises and Problems, 32nd Vienna Seminar, 2002. The seminar examined how successfully the states of Central Asia have managed the challenges of peace and security, economic development and governance in the first decade of their independence. The seminar also explored the prospect of enhancing cooperation both at the intra- and inter-regional level with the objective of strengthening the institutions entrusted with the task of tackling the critical issues confronting the countries in the Central Asian space.

Lessons Learned: Peacebuilding in Haiti, by Lotta Hagman, June 2002. A report on the 23-24 January 2002 IPA-UNDPA seminar on peacebuilding activities in Haiti.

Democracy and Land Reform in Zimbabwe, by Ruth Hall and Aida Mengistu, June 2002. A report on the 25 February 2002 IPA meeting in New York

Empowering Local Actors: the UN and Multi-Track Conflict Prevention, by Ben Rawlence, April 2002. A report from the Conflict Prevention program covering the discussions on partnerships between the UN and civil society organizations in the cases of PRODERE in Central America, CIDP in Ukraine, and MARWOPNET in West Africa, from a 10 December 2001 policy workshop.

The Economics of War, by Jake Sherman, April 2002. A conference report summarizing panel discussions held on September 10, 2001 and co-organized by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the International Peace Academy on the intersection between the economic dimensions of conflict and prospects for developing policy approaches to address the political economy of violent conflict.

Symposium Explores UN Role in Addressing Economic Dimensions of Armed Conflict, by Karen Ballentine. A report of a symposium held March 25, 2002, co-organized by the International Peace Academy and the Fafo Institute for Applied Social Science, Programme for International Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (PICCR) and sponsored by the Government of Norway as an integral part of its Presidency of the UN Security Council.

Toward a Pax West Africana: Building Peace in a Troubled Sub-region, by Comfort Ero, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, and Augustine Toure, March 2002. A report on the IPA-ECOWAS 27-29 September 2001 Abuja Seminar exploring the development of ECOWAS’s regional mechanism for security and development in West Africa. The report is of the second in a series of three meetings in the Africa Program’s project on Developing Regional and Sub-Regional Security Mechanisms in Africa.

Discussions at the Release of The Responsibility to Protect, by Simon Chesterman. A synopsis of the panel discussions at the 15 February 2002 release of the Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), entitled The Responsibility to Protect. To view the report and other ICISS materials please click here.

2001

Promoting Institutional Responses to the Challenges in the Caucasus and Improving Co-operation Between the OSCE, UN, EU and the CIS, 31st Vienna Seminar, 2001. Drawing on case studies of the most relevant peace and security issues in the Caucasus, the occasion enabled participants to scrutinize the international and regional security organizations’ interaction and to draw lessons learned for the future; the experience of the UN and the OSCE in managing the challenges of the Caucasus; and the institutional approaches for strengthening security co-operation in the region.

Managing Security Challenges in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, by Sheila Coutts with additional material by Kelvin Ong, December 2001.

Regional Approaches to Conflict Management in Africa, October 2001. This report presents a summary of the presentations and discussions during a meeting of the UN Security Council, members of the UN Secretariat and a select group of experts on conflict management efforts in Africa held on 8th August 2001. The meeting was hosted by the Colombia Mission to the United Nations, during its Presidency of the Security Council, in collaboration with IPA’s Africa Program. Drawing on experiences from West Africa and the Great Lakes Region, a case was made for the Security Council to consider regional dynamics and frameworks in addressing conflicts in Africa.

Towards Comprehensive Peacebuilding, by Elizabeth Diaz and Lotta Hagman, October 2001. Based on IPA’s 2001 New York Seminar, 7-10 May 2001.

Private Sector Actors in Zones of Conflict:Research Challenges and Policy Responses, by Jake Sherman, September 2001. A report based on an expert workshop held on April 19, 2001 and co-sponsored by the Fafo Institute for Applied Social Science Programme for International Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (PICCR) and the International Peace Academy Program on Economic Agendas in Civil Wars.

Refashioning the Dialogue: Regional Perspectives on the Brahimi Report on UN Operations, June 2001. A report on regional meetings held in February and March 2001 in Johannesburg, Buenos Aires, Singapore, and London. A special project of the Center on International Cooperation and the International Peace Academy, generously supported by the Government of the United Kingdom.

Policing the Peace: Towards a Workable Paradigm, by Kelvin Ong, June 2001. Based on a conference in partnership with Jane’s Conferences, New York, 2-3 November 2000.

From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Conflict, by Dr. Chandra Lekha Sriram, May 2001. A report on a workshop held at West Point, NY on February 9-10, 2001, in light of the anticipated report of the UN Secretary-General on conflict prevention.

Humanitarian Action: A Symposium Summary, by Jake Sherman, March 2001. A report based on an international policy symposium on “Humanitarian Action” in New York on 20 November 2000.

Southern Africa’s Evolving Security Architecture: Problems and Prospects by Francis Kornegay and Simon Chesterman, 2001. A report based on IPA/Africa Renaissance Institute/Southern African Regional Institute for Policy Studies/Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand Seminar on “Southern Africa’s Evolving Security Architecture: Problems and Prospects”, in Gaborone, Botswana between 11 and 13 December 2000.

Humanitarian Intervention: Perspectives from Africa, by Dr. Simon Chesterman, 2001. A report based on an international consultation on humanitarian intervention in Gaborone, Botswana on 12 December, 2000.

2000

The UN, Europe, and Crisis Management, Kelvin Ong, December 2000. A report of a conference held on October, 19-20, 2000, co-sponsored by the Directorate for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Defense France, the Foundation for Strategic Studies, the Institute for Security Studies, the Western European Union, and the International Peace Academy.

From Reaction to Prevention: Opportunities for the UN System in the New Millennium, by Charles K. Cater and Karin Wermester, 2000. A report based on an international policy conference on the prevention of violent conflict held in New York on 13 – 14 April, 2000.

Economic Agendas in Civil Wars: A Conference Summary, by Dr. Adekeye Adebajo. A report summarizing the main findings of a conference held on 26-27 April 1999, and co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies (Oxford University), the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK), the Department for International Development (UK), the World Bank, and the International Development Research Center.

Sharing Political Space in Peacemaking: The United Nations and Regional Organizations, The Case of Europe, by Dr. Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu. Based on the 30th International Peace Academy Vienna Seminar, 6 – 8 July 2000.

IPA Seminar on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping “From Reaction to Prevention: Challenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium”, by Kelvin Ong, 2000. A report based on an IPA training seminar in West Point, NY, 8-11 May, 2000.

Enhancing the UN Rapid Deployment Capability by Katharina P. Coleman, 2000. A report based on an IPA expert seminar in New York, NY, 31 March-1 April 2000.

Civilians in War: 100 Years After the Hague Peace Conference, by Bruce D. Jones and Charles K. Cater, 2000. Analytical essay written by two participants of a symposium held jointly by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the International Peace Academy, New York 23 – 24 September 1999.

IPA Seminars on Partnering with the United Nations in New York and Vienna, by Charles K. Cater and Ciara Knudsen, 2000. Based on the IPA Training Seminars in Tarrytown, NY, 10 – 13 May 1999 and Baden Bei Wein, Austria, 6 – 14 July 1999.

War, Peace, and Reconciliation in Africa, by Adekeye Adebajo, Marlye Gélin-Adams, and Ebrima Sall, 2000. A report based on the IPA/CODESRIA Consultation on “War, Peace, and Reconciliation” in Senegal, 29 November-1 December 1999.

1992 through 1999

Economic Agendas in Civil Wars: A Conference Summary, by Adekeye Adebajo, 1999. Reviews how and why economic agendas in civil wars negatively impact efforts at achiving peace and suggests instruments and policies that may be utilized by external actors, London, UK, 26 – 27 April 1999.

Cooperation between the UN and NATO: Quo Vadis? by Derek Boothby, 1999. Background paper and report based on a Seminar on UN-NATO Relations, New York, 11 June 1999.

OAU-IPA Seminar on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping, Addis-Ababa, by Musifiky Mwanasali, 1999. An evaluation and options report for the Organization of African Unity, based on the second OAU/IPA Seminar on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in Ethiopia, 29 November-3 December 1998. Please contact IPA for French version.

Africans Solving African Problems: Militaries, Democracies, and Security in West and Southern Africa, by Jean Herskovitz, 1998. A report based on a conference convened by Ambassador Joseph Nanven Garba in Nigeria, 1- 4, December 1997. A Sub-Saharan African Security Project.

OAU/IPA Task Force on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping, by Ameen Jan, 1998. An evaluation and options report for the the Organization of African Unity.

IPA Seminar on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in Vienna, by Michèle Griffin, 1998. Based on an IPA Training Seminar, Vienna, Austria, 20 – 30 July 1998.

IPA Seminar on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in New York, by Chetan Kumar, 1997. Based on an IPA Training Seminar, New York, 15 – 21 June 1997.

IPA Seminar on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in Addis Ababa, by Ameen Jan, 1997. Based on an IPA Training Seminar held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 – 21 December 1996. Also available in French.

IPA Seminar on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in New York, by Stephen Moffat and Chetan Kumar, 1996. Based on an IPA Training Seminar, New York, 3-8 September 1996.

Healing the Wounds: Refugees, Reconstruction and Reconciliation, by Elizabeth M. Cousens with Ameen Jan and Allison Parker, 1996. Based on a symposium co-hosted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and IPA, Princeton University, 30 June – 1 July 1996.

IPA/OAU Consultation on Civil Society and Conflict Management in Africa, by Ameen Jan, Chetan Kumar, Robert Orr, and Margaret Vogt, 1996. Based on an IPA/OAU Consultation, Capetown, South Africa, 29 May – 2 June 1996.

Chairman’s Summary, IPA/OAU Consultation on Civil Society and Conflict Management in Africa, by Olara A. Otunnu. Summary of conclusions of the fourth IPA/OAU consultation on conflict management in Africa, Capetown, South Africa, 29 May – 2 June 1996.

OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, by Dent Ocaya-Lakidi. Based on an IPA/OAU Consultation, Cairo, Egypt, 7 – 1 May 1994.

The Organization of African Unity and Conflict Management in Africa, by Ian Johnstone and Tandeka Nkiwane. Based on an OAU/IPA Consultation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19 – 21 May 1993.

Africa’s Internal Conflicts: The Search for Response, by Dent Ocaya-Lakidi. Based on an IPA-OAU Consultation, Arusha, Tanzania, 23 -25 March 1992.