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1/05: Sarkozy Set to Arrive in Egypt to Press Gaza Mediation Effort read
1/05: South African hostages in Yemen set free after mediation read
1/02: Mediation for Israeli-Hamas conflict still on read
12/31: Iran primed for India-Pakistan mediation read
12/26: UN To Join Commonwealth In Fiji Mediation read
12/24: Mulla Omar denies talks with Karzai govt, Saudi mediation read
12/24: Egypt downplays reports of mediation between Hamas and Israel read
12/18: Santos rules out Cuban mediation with FARC read
12/10: Nobel-winner wants stronger US role in Mideast read
11/26: Negotiation with Taliban necessary: Boucher read
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01/05/09
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- Negotiating With Yourself
- How Close Are We? Another Way a Mediator Can Help
- Nobel Lecture by Martti Ahtisaari, Oslo, 10 December 2008
- Making The Most Of LinkedIn In 2009
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Nobel Lecture by Martti Ahtisaari, Oslo, 10 December 2008 (1/06/09)
Colin Rule On this last day of a very difficult year for the world, I'd like to end the year with a speech from this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize: "Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Dear Friends and Colleagues around the world...
The Best People For The Worst Places (11/17/08)
Richard Barron From the end of World War II through the end of the 20th Century approximately 3.3 million people were killed in intrastate conflicts and over 16.2 million were killed in intrastate civil wars! Most people read those numbers, shake their heads, and move on to the next item. A very few people stop and decide that they must devote their lives to modify this proclivity of our species to kill each other on an incomprehensible scale for generally indefensible reasons.
An Unprecedented Mediation In Poland (10/20/08)
Anna M. Wróbel A few days ago the Polish media were savouring the news that the court had appointed a “professional mediator” in a lawsuit between Janusz Kaczmarek, former Minister of the Interior and Administration versus Jaroslaw Kaczynski former Prime Minister, now the chairman of the political party Law and Justice (PiS). Kaczmarek sued Kaczynski (civil case on infringement of personal goods) after being called „a sleeping agent” (communist agent, I presume). Such a statement is an insult in Poland.
Martti Ahtisaari Wins The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize (10/14/08)
Jeffrey Krivis, Mariam Zadeh Finland’s ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his long career of peace mediation work including a 2005 accord between Indonesia and rebels in its Aceh province and his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.
Armed Conflict and Sexual Assault (10/06/08)
Victoria Pynchon Women, who hold civil society together in the course of armed conflict, are rarely at the table when peace is being negotiated. As this lengthy piece asserts, we cannot ignore the sexual assaults that continue after "peace" has been achieved.
Lee Hamilton Receives Peacemaker Award from ACR (10/05/08)
Lee H. Hamilton, director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC and the director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University, has been awarded the Association for Conflict Resolution’s (ACR) Peacemaker Award.
Russian Peacemaker Receives ACR International Leadership Award (10/01/08)
In recognition of his leadership promoting creative processes that help people across the globe find peaceful solutions to conflicts, Shamil Fattakhov from Kazan, Russia, received the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) International Development Committee 2008 Outstanding Leadership Award.
Fortalecimiento de la justicia laboral (9/22/08)
Ángela del Carmen Torres de Alberto Fortalecer es hacer fuerte, esto como es sinónimo de eficiente, el sistema; en el caso particular nuestro significa hacer cierta y eficiente y por tal efectiva la Justicia Laboral, dando cumplimiento sustantivo y procedimental a los principios contenidos en el CAPITULO II Derechos Sociales SECCION SEGUNDA de la Constitución de la Republica de El Salvador, Trabajo y Seguridad Social, por medio de la justa aplicación de las disposiciones del Código de Trabajo y de otros instrumentos legales sean estos de creación Legislativa o Ejecutiva y de aquellos de Derecho Internacional.
Negotiating Armed Conflict (8/11/08)
Victoria Pynchon Thanks to the Daily Kos for citing us to A Possible Mediation/Peace Proposal for Georgian Conflict from Mirror on America.Here are the first four suggestions, click on the highlighted article for the full discussion.Efforts Should Focus on the Following:
1. Establishing a ceasefire to allow for the treatment & evacuation of the wounded and to establish a safe humanitarian corridor for civilians to evacuate. Establish access for Red Cross & other NGO’s.
2. Get all military...
To Talk Or Not To Talk With The Enemy, That Is The Question (6/09/08)
Noa Zanolli President Bush and his secretary of state, Senators McCain, Clinton and Obama, and President Carter as well, have been embroiled in a debate about the level-headedness of talking to the enemy. The outcome of this debate will be decisive for the two remaining presidential candidates.
Appeasement and Diplomacy: When There is a Tempest in a Teapot, Keep Your Eye on the Teapot! (5/27/08)
Peter Adler George Bush recently visited Israel on the occasion of its 60th birthday and, in a speech to the Knesset, put forward thinly veiled criticisms of Barack Obama suggesting that his willingness to negotiate with Iran and Syria is the “false comfort of appeasement.” Out on the campaign trail, John McCain chimed right in. “The President is exactly right.” Various Democrats instantly fired back. Joe Bidden called the president’s comments “bullshit.” Hillary Clinton (rising to Obama’s defense) said Bush and McCain failed to understand the distinction between appeasement and diplomacy. Well, what is the difference between appeasement and diplomacy?
Thoughts on Mediation, Barack Obama, and Our Political Future (5/27/08)
Kenneth Cloke The emergence of Barack Obama as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, and thus for the Presidency of the United States, presents us with unprecedented opportunities to influence global dispute resolution strategies and shift the prevailing paradigm of adversarial politics and diplomacy.
Video clips from Belfast 2008 European Mediation Conference (5/26/08)
Geoff Sharp Peace building – John Paul Lederach, Professor of International Peacebuilding, on three ways think about peace building.Women, gender and mediation in peacemaking – Antonia Potter, author of We the Women: why conflict mediation is not just a job for men, why women should contribute to resolution of armed conflict at the highest levels.[both these take a while to download]
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