Since first deployed in 1960, United Nations police (UNPOL) have consistently been present in UN missions and have become increasingly important to achieving mission objectives. Since 1999, these objectives have often included the protection of civilians…
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The seminar examined the lessons learned from the formation’s deployment to Ethiopia and Eritrea in autumn 2000 as a framework for the UN mission headquarters, UNMEE, and as the core of the military mission. The seminar also broadened the deliberations to examine the concept of SHIRBRIG, as well as the concept of rapid deployment itself.The […]
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A case study report from IPI’s Civil Society Project recounting the efforts of civil society actors including human rights groups, media, and women’s, religious, and student groups to foster peace, reconciliation, and democracy in Liberia.The holding of democratic elections in July 1997 marked the end of Liberia’s brutal seven-year civil war. The end of the […]
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The UN does not act alone in conflict prevention. It is important for the UN to identify other actors with comparative advantages in certain aspects of conflict prevention, and to partner wisely with them.
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Drawing upon the experience of international attempts to build lasting peace in Haiti and Guatemala, and also upon IPI’s research and facilitation work in Haiti, the report offers some conclusions regarding the circumstances under which democratization and peacebuilding can become mutually reinforcing in fragile societies.
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Report of the seminar organized by IPA [now IPI] and the Best Practices Unit of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) on October 29, 2002, in New York.
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