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  • Meeting Notes 12-05-2011Christopher Mikulaschek and Paul Romita, rapporteurs

    New York Seminar Report: Multilateral Strategies for Conflict Prevention

    Ten years ago the UN Secretary-General pledged to intensify efforts to move from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention. In 2005, heads of state and government at the UN World Summit solemnly renewed their commitment “to promote a culture of prevention of armed conflict.”

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    Training for Senior Leadership
  • Policy Papers 10-26-2011by Paul Romita

    The UN Security Council and Conflict Prevention: A Primer

    In September 2011, the office of the UN Secretary-General released its first report focused specifically on preventive diplomacy; the report was subsequently discussed at the Security Council. This paper aims to contribute to these ongoing discussions by providing a primer on the UN’s work on conflict prevention and ideas for improvement.This report seeks to answer […]

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    UN Security Council
  • Meeting Notes 09-23-2011by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie and Paul Romita, rapporteurs

    Upcoming Elections in Africa

    Elections have facilitated the emergence of democratic governments in Africa, and, in some cases, more stable societies have emerged. In some other cases, however, elections have been manipulated to legitimize autocratic regimes or to ensure dynastic successions on the continent.

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    Governance
  • Meeting Notes 05-23-2011Paul Romita, rapporteur

    The Future of South Sudan

    While this is an exciting period for the people of South Sudan, the future presents them (and their neighbors in the North) with many difficult challenges. The status of Abyei and postreferendum issues between North and South—such as citizenship, oil sharing, border demarcation, currency, and debts, among others—are yet to be resolved.

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  • Meeting Notes 04-15-2011by Paul Romita, rapporteur

    Refugees and the Dynamics of Peacebuilding

    The mass arrival and prolonged presence of refugees in neighboring countries can have a negative impact on peace. Yet the issue of refugees has entered very little into contemporary discussions of peacebuilding.

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    Peacebuilding
  • Issue Briefs 03-28-2011by Paul Romita, Naureen Chowdhury Fink and Till Papenfuss

    Issue Brief: Impact of Emerging Powers on the Council

    The current configuration of the Security Council has produced widespread speculation regarding the impact the new non-permanent members–some with aspirations for permanent seats–will have on the tone and substance of the Council’s work this year.

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    UN Security Council
  • Policy Papers 10-27-2010by Paul Romita

    The Sudan Referenda: What Role for International Actors?

    On January 9, 2011, Sudan is scheduled to hold two referenda in accordance with the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which ended the twenty-two-year civil war between north and south. This issue brief highlights the main actors and challenges in the referenda preparations.

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    Peacebuilding
  • Policy Papers 06-21-2010by Jenna Slotin, Paul Romita and Vanessa Wyeth

    Power, Politics, and Change: How International Actors Assess Local Context

    The International Peace Institute (IPI) has undertaken a project called Understanding Local Context, which aims to enhance our understanding of how international actors grapple with local context and political dynamics in partner countries.

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    Multilateral System
  • Meeting Notes 11-10-2009by Cedric de Coning and Paul Romita, rapporteurs

    IPI Report: The Monitoring and Evaluation of Peace Operations

    In spite of positive indications, the challenges ahead for developing more effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) methodologies for peace operations are considerable.There are still many institutional, bureaucratic, and conceptual barriers that need to be overcome — or at least managed better — in order for significant progress to be made.This report is the product of […]

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    Peacekeeping

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About the International Peace Institute

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