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region: Middle East

  • Panel Discussions 09-23-2018

    IPI Hosts 13th Annual Middle East Dinner

    On Sunday, September 23, 2018, IPI held its thirteenth Ministerial Dinner on the Middle East in its Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security, and Development. The working dinner drew the participation of foreign ministers, United Nations officials, special representatives of the Secretary-General to countries in the region, heads of humanitarian agencies, and other high-level representatives […]

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  • Policy Papers 06-05-2018by José S. Vericat and Mosadek Hobrara

    From the Ground Up: UN Support to Local Mediation in Libya

    Libya’s overarching statelessness, and the violence and lawlessness that result, permeate the country, which is plagued by local-level conflicts. However, local mediation efforts have flourished over the last few years. As a senior UN official noted, “Local mediation is the best thing that has happened in Libya since the revolution.”This report examines these local mediation […]

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    Mediation, Peace Processes
  • Panel Discussions 04-11-2018

    Experts Call for Preventive “Water Diplomacy” in the MENA Region

    Water experts from the MENA region called on the regional parties and international community to strengthen “water diplomacy” as a preventive action and a path to achieve sustainable development and durable peace.Inaugurating IPI MENA’s Water Preventive Diplomacy Conference on April 11, 2018, H.E Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Bahrain’s Minister of Electricity and Water […]

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    Water Diplomacy
  • Issue Briefs 03-20-2018by Sara Hellmüller and Marie-Joëlle Zahar

    Against the Odds: Civil Society in the Intra-Syrian Talks

    On March 15, 2018, the Syrian armed conflict entered into its eighth year. Since 2011, attempts to facilitate a political solution to the Syrian conflict have either failed or stalled. Amidst this deadlock, one track that has not stalled is the civil society track. Against the odds, progress can be observed at this level as […]

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    Civil Society, Mediation, Peace Processes
  • Speaker Events 12-19-2017

    UN Envoy on Gaza: “You Take Hope Away, Violence Follows”

    Nickolay Mladenov, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), detailed a decade of deteriorating conditions in Gaza, noting that it had “de-developed” over the past ten years of governance under Hamas and that a new agreement promising a reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah had stalled. “Hope was created with the […]

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    Peace Processes
  • OSLO Play

    At the center of this darkly comic Broadway play is a powerful lesson in mediation.IPI President Terje Rød-Larsen, who at the time was a social scientist, and Norwegian diplomat Mona Juul planned and orchestrated top-secret, high-level meetings in Norway between the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.Mr. Rød-Larsen’s research on the West Bank and […]

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  • Panel Discussions 11-23-2017

    IPI-MENA Director Calls on OIC Members to Promote Preventive Mediation

    To prevent civil strife and reinforce social unity, Muslim countries need to engage in a culture of mediation at the domestic level, Nejib Friji, Director, IPI Middle East & North Africa, told an audience at the first Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States Conference on Mediation in Istanbul, November 23rd.The conference, organized by the […]

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    Mediation
  • Events 11-12-2017

    IPI-MENA and Global Council for Tolerance & Peace Vow to Join Efforts

    Ahmed Bin Mohamed Aljarwan, President of the Global Council for Tolerance & Peace (GCTP), expressed strong support for IPI and pledged cooperation on the “Culture of Tolerance and Peace” through joint programs, initiatives and events at a November 12th meeting in Manama.Nejib Friji, Director of IPI-MENA, and Mr. Aljarwan stressed the need for a partnership […]

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    culture of peace
  • Policy Papers 10-31-2017by José Vericat

    Women’s Struggle for Citizenship: Civil Society and Constitution Making after the Arab Uprisings

    Civil society played a pivotal role in the Arab uprisings. By reconfiguring the social contract in a region distinguished by gender inequality, these revolts brought the status of women to the fore, and equal citizenship became a central goal. Social actors were therefore particularly active in contesting the constitution-making processes that were launched.Based on field […]

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    Civil Society, State-Society Relations, Women‚ Peace and Security
  • Panel Discussions 11-09-2017

    IPI-MENA Director Moderates First Plenary Session at World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum

    With the participation of Miroslav Lajčák, President of the UN General Assembly, Bahrain hosted the World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF) from October 31 to November 1, 2017. Nejib Friji, Director of IPI-MENA, chaired the First Plenary Session held under the theme of “Entrepreneurship for Development & Innovation Towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” with an […]

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