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Making Sanctions Smarter: Safeguarding Humanitarian Action

In recent decades, sanctions have increasingly been used as a foreign policy tool. The UN Security Council has imposed a total of fourteen sanctions regimes alongside those imposed autonomously by the EU, the US, and other countries. Despite efforts to…

Meeting Notes 10-13-2004by Dorina A. Bekoe, Kapinga-Yvette Ngandu and Marilyn Aniwa, rapporteurs

Appraising Efforts to Improve Conflict Management in West Africa

This report stems from the Accra seminar intended to review developments on the implementation of the ECOWAS security mechanism, assess the status of the implementation of the recommendations made at past seminars and provide recommendations to the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), and sub-regional organizations on how to improve their strategies for successful […]
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Regional Organizations
Meeting Notes 07-14-2004by Dorina A. Bekoe

Peace, Security, and Governance in the Great Lakes Region

The primary objective of the seminar was to assess the prospects for durable peace and security and to identify the challenges to democratization in the Great Lakes region. Ultimately, prospects for the consolidation of peace in the region will depend on an empowered civil society, strongly institutionalized and efficient subregional organizations, and strategic intervention by […]
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Governance
Meeting Notes 12-13-2004Jacqueline Klopp, rapporteur

Civil Society and the State: Partnership for Peace in the Great Lakes Region

Recognizing many challenges to the region’s stability, a number of key policy recommendations for consideration within the context of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (IC/GLR) emerged out of the meeting discussions.
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Peacebuilding
Meeting Notes 12-13-2004by James Cockayne with Cyrus Samii, rapporteurs

The Iraq Crisis and World Order: Structural and Normative Challenges

This report summarizes the Bangkok meeting discussions, focusing on insights relating to UN reform.
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Multilateral System
Meeting Notes 10-13-2004by International Peace Institute

Building Effective Partnerships: Improving the Relationship Between Internal and External Actors in Post-Conflict Countries

This conference document is the culmination of the Peacebuilding Forum, a joint effort of the WSP and the International Peace Academy [now International Peace Institute].
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Peacebuilding