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Arms Control After Iraq:
Normative and Operational Challenges
The stated reason for invading Iraq was its alleged clandestine A Century of Nobel Peace Prize
pursuit of weapons of mass destruction in defiance of UN
resolutions. Even though the allegation was proven false, the Laureates: From Peace Movements
international community remains preoccupied with the threat of to the United Nations 1901-005
the proliferation and use of such terrible weapons. The questions This publication highlights the work of a selection of thirty-eight
discussed in this book include doctrinal issues regarding the use of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates who strove to promote international
force in general; the implications of a shift in the utility of nuclear peace through the development of organizations from the
weapons from deterrence to compliance and of a focus on non- antecedents of the League of Nations to the United Nations.
proliferation to the neglect of disarmament; the place and role of Publishing Agency: United Nations (UN)
the United Nations in controlling the spread and use of WMD; the Sales Number: E.GV.06.0.5 ISBN: 9789211011104 Pages: 104 Price: $20.00
regional dynamics of proliferation concerns in North-east Asia and
the Middle East; and the threats posed by the possible acquisition
of nuclear weapons and missiles by non-state actors. Publishing
Agency: United Nations University (UNU)
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Challenges to Peacebuilding: Managing
Bound to Cooperate: Conflict, Peace and Spoilers During Conflict Resolution
People in Sierra Leone Many ceasefires and peace agreements in civil conflict are
This book wrestles with fundamental questions of practical initially unsuccessful. Some give way to renewed, and often
disarmament and peace building in Sierra Leone. Although they were escalating, violence. In other cases, peace processes have become
written prior to the May-June 2000 upsurge of violence in Freetown interminably protracted. This study approaches the problem by
that led to the arrest of Foday Sankoh, these incidents underline the focussing on ‘spoilers’: groups and tactics that actively seek to
relevance of the authors’ analyses. The various research papers obstruct or undermine conflict settlement through a variety of
published in this volume have been written by civic leaders from means, including terrorism and violence. It considers why spoilers
Sierra Leone who are involved at one level or another in the search and spoiling behaviour emerge and how they can be addressed,
for a permanent peaceful resolution to the civil war, and a solution drawing upon experience from Northern Ireland, the Basque region,
to the destabilizing influence of small arms and light weapons. Bosnia, Colombia, Israel-Palestine, Cyprus, the Caucasus and
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Building Sustainable Peace
This book focuses on creating a sustainable peace as opposed
Developing a Mechanism to Prevent
to winning the peace. It is comprised of fifteen papers, which Illicit Brokering in Small Arms and Light
examine and discuss various dimensions of the peace-building and Weapons: Scope and Implications
post-conflict reconciliation process. Authored by academics, policy During the past decade, the problems posed by unregulated arms
advisors, practitioners and members of the public at large, the brokering activities have become an issue of growing concern for
papers address issues such as factors that have contributed to the governments, international organizations and civil society in the
process of resolving civil wars and reconciling divided societies; the context of international efforts against the illicit trade in small arms
different techniques used in the peace-building process; the role and light weapons. This study aims to identify common elements
of various nongovernmental actors and regional organizations; and and options for regulation, to enhance understanding of the issue
the experiences of peace-building efforts in different regions of the and to clarify its most complex aspects. Publishing Agency: United
world. Publishing Agency: United Nations University (UN) Nations (UN)
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ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Groups on
African Countries Emerging from Humanitarian Diplomacy:
Conflict: The Silent Avant-garde Practitioners and their Craft
This book presents an assessment of the role, performance and Humanitarian professionals are on the front lines of today’s internal
practice of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Groups on African Countries armed conflicts, negotiating access through physical and diplomatic
Emerging from Conflict. The Mandate of these groups is to prepare roadblocks to reach imperiled civilians. This volume provides a
recommendations for a long-term programme of support and provide compendium of experiences presented and analyzed by 14 senior
advice on how to ensure that the assistance of the international humanitarian practitioners who led humanitarian operations in
community is adequate, coherent, well coordinated and effective. settings as diverse as the Balkans and Nepal, Somalia and East
This experience constitutes a new form of international support to Timor, and across a time frame from the 1970s in Cambodia and
countries emerging from conflicts within multilateral institutions. 1980s in Lebanon to more recent engagement in Colombia and Iraq.
The lessons learned from their work are particularly relevant in the Publishing Agency: United Nations University (UNU)
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peace building. Publishing Agency: United Nations (UN)
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European Action on Small Arms and Light A More Secure World:
Weapons and Explosive Remnants of War: Our Shared Responsibility - Report of the
Final Report Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on
The illicit trade, accumulation and use of small arms and light Threats, Challenges and Change
weapons, and the presence of explosive remnants of war, Today, more than ever before, a threat to one is a threat to
exacerbate conflict, threaten human life, undermine development all. Threats to international peace and security go far beyond
and hamper the recovery of war-torn societies. The spread of aggression by States and include poverty, deadly infectious disease,
small arms and their misuse are often related to the vicious circle environmental degradation, civil war, weapons of mass destruction,
of poverty, insecurity and underdevelopment. This report aims to terrorism and transnational organized crime. This report by 16 of
provide the European Union with an overview of small arms and the world’s most experienced leaders, commissioned by the UN
explosive remnants of war problems and current responses, as Secretary-General, puts forward a bold new vision of collective
well as an analysis of selected European actions in these areas and security that stresses the need for effective, equitable action in
an assessment of their effectiveness. Publishing Agency: United preventing and responding to all major threats to international
Nations (UN) peace and security. Publishing Agency: United Nations (UN)
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From Civil Strife to Civil Society:
Civil and Military Responsibilities in
Disrupted States Peace in the Middle East:
In the 1990s the United Nations, the militaries of key member PP and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
states, and NGOs became increasingly entangled in the complex
affairs of disrupted states. In some situations they delivered The signing of the Oslo Peace Accords gave scope to a multitude of
humanitarian assistance, while in other cases they acted as agents people-to-people (P2P) programmes. These sought to encourage
of political, social, and civic reconstruction. This book provides a Israelis and Palestinians to a better understanding of one another
rigorous examination of the dimensions of state disruption and and commence a process of mutual reconciliation. The return of
analyzes the role of the international community in responding to violence together with the collapse of most P2P activities makes
it. It also covers key related issues such as military doctrines for it clear that these objectives have not been reached. This book
dealing with disorder and humanitarian emergencies, mechanisms examines the failure of post-Oslo P2P activities and suggests how
for ending violence and delivering justice in post-conflict times, these could be revamped. Publishing Agency: United Nations (UN)
problems of rebuilding trust and promoting democracy, and Sales Number: E.GV.05.0.2 ISBN: 9789290451693 Pages: 56 Price: $17.00
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United Nations Peace Operations -
New Challenges, New Horizons
In the annals of United Nations peace operations, 2006 will go
down as a record-breaker in terms of deployment, with just under
100,000 uniformed and civilian personnel serving in the field by the
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