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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS ISSUE DOES NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF CODEP. 1. Training, Workshops, Learning a. REDR Security Management Workshops Sudan/Somalia Context - Monday 14th- Thursday 17th July 2003 (Registration from 6pm on Sunday 13th) Kenya/Uganda/Tanzania/Ethiopia/Eritrea Context - Tuesday 22nd- Friday 25th July 2003 (Registration from 6pm on Monday 21st) Both of these workshops will take place at Brackenhurst, Limuru, KenyaManaging Security Within Nairobi: Nairobi Context - Monday 28th July and Tuesday 29th July - Gracia Guest House, Kilimani Road, behind Ya Ya Centre, Nairobi, Kenya The RedR Security Management Workshop for the Sudan/Somalia Context will take place at Brackenhurst, Limuru, Kenya from Monday 14th July - Thursday 17th July 2003. RedR is also running a Security Management Workshop for the Kenya/Uganda/Tanzania/Ethiopia and Eritrea Contexts at the same venue from Tuesday 22nd July - Friday 25th July 2003. Registration for the workshops will take place from 6pm on the Sunday 13th and Monday 21st July respectively. The workshops will be residential and the fee includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner, training and workshop materials. RedR is also running a Managing Security Within Nairobi Workshop on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th July 2003 at the Gracia Guest House, Kilimani Road, behind Ya Ya Centre, Nairobi. This workshop will focus on managing security and specific threats related to the Nairobi context. The workshop will be non-residential and the workshop fee will include training, workshop materials, lunch and refreshments. All of the workshops will be in English. There is a detailed course fact sheet attached below and this should be read prior to filling out the application form. Further information concerning the course and venue will be sent out a week prior to the beginning of the workshop. If you have any further questions or would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact: lyndsay@redr.org or telephone the RedR office. Information is also available from Alemayehu Kassa at the RedR East Africa Office: mailto:redr@gibb.co.ke or telephone: (254) 2 338992 / 250577. b. Fall Semester of Transcend Peace University Fall Semester 2003 September 8 – December 15 For participation in the Fall Semester of the TRANSCEND Peace University (TPU) applicants are encouraged to register now. TRANSCEND Peace University (TPU) is the first ever global university developing skills and knowledge for conflict transformation by peaceful means, peacebuilding, and sustainable development. Johan Galtung, the rector of the TPU and one of the founders of peace studies and of the TRANSCEND method of peaceful conflict transformation, invites you to join practitioners and students from all over the world online. If you want to develop your skills in order to contribute to peace and global development, TPU is the right place for you. Designed for experienced government or NGO practitioners as well as for students, TPU offers a range of skills and knowledge intensive courses, combining online and onsite training around the world. TPU is the educational branch of TRANSCEND, an global organization working for conflict transformation by peaceful means in 45 conflict formations world-wide. TPU Course Directors and participants come from all around the world. The courses will start on September 8, 2003. Registration starts now and the deadline is August 18, 2003. Cost per Course: Euros 500. For more information or to apply for registration, please contact the TRANSCEND PEACE UNIVERSITY GLOBAL CENTER where staff will help you with information, applications, payment of fees, course related questions, and computer problems: Email: <tpu@transcend.org> Web-site: www.transcend.org/tpu Tel: +40-264-420298 or +40-724 380511; Fax: +40-264-420298 c. Intrac Design Effective management for development – 15th to 19th September 200 This course aims to develop and improve the management capabilities of NGO staff and development workers. Such staff have considerable technical skills and extensive experience of working on a range of projects with local partners, yet often lack the necessary management skills to handle difficult organisational problems or facilitate effective change. The course will not only help participants improve their management capabilities, but will also help them gain an awareness of the impact of their management style, develop greater insight into their leadership role, and increase their confidence in being able to facilitate organisational change. Capacity Building – An Organisational Approach – 22nd to 26th September 2003 This is an introductory course on capacity building, focusing on understanding the process of capacity building and strengthening, from the perspective of organisations. Capacity building takes place at different levels, such as at the individual level, or at a broader societal level. This course concentrates on building the capacity of organisations, and looks at this organisational approach for NGOs. For further information please contact Rebecca Blackshaw, Training and Logistics Co-ordinator at: Postal address: PO Box 563, Oxford, OX2 6RZ, UK Visitors address: 65 George Street, Oxford, OX1 2BE, UK Tel: + 44 (0) 1865 201 851 Fax: + 44 (0) 1865 201 852 Email: r.blackshaw@intrac.orgWebsite: www.intrac.org
d. London School of Hygiene After two successful predecessors, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will organise its third Short Course on the Evaluation of Health Programmes in Complex Emergencies from 15th-19th September 2003. Information can be found at LSHTM's websites: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/sehpce.html http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/howto/sehpce_app_form.pdf For additional information, please contact <egbert.sondorp@lshtm.ac.uk>.
e. International Peace University This year’s International Peace University is dedicated to the consideration of Power and Violence and their influence on social relations and peace among the nations. Is “inevitable” violence the origin of power and its justification, or is “avoidable” power the cause of violence? Whichever of these positions we take, it seems reasonable to think that it is the desire for power and domination (whether to impose it or to defend or liberate oneself from it) that has been and remains the guiding line along which the history of armed conflict has advanced. That is why we in the International Peace University consider it suitable to tackle these questions critically in the cause of peace while categorically rejecting alls wars. Current events once again bring us evidence of the irrationality and criminality involved in the imposition of power and domination. This is another reason to justify this year’s programme, which will allow us to analyse power and violence in the various aspects in which they display themselves – in personal and collective relations, in politics and economics – as well as the responses to them that social movements have developed, which encourage us not to resign ourselves to the endless repetition of our historical errors. If you want to know this year program, visit: http://www.universitatdelapau.org If you are interested in 2003 lecture book or last year book for your library, we will send it free if you contact: Georgina, mail to unipau@stcugat.org Tlf: 93 675 43 67 a. Japan and African Development in the 21st century, 17th July
Thursday 17th July 2003, Chatham House TICAD III – Japan and African Development in the 21st Century As part of the Africa Programme’s foreign policy series, this conference will explore the first comprehensive initiative aimed at promoting African development by a major industrialised country. The Tokyo International Conference on African Development, (TICAD), was launched in 1993 in collaboration with the Global Coalition for Africa and the United Nations. The conference is being held with the support of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and aims:
Speakers will include key policy makers from Japan, Africa and the UK For further information or to register for any of these meetings please contact: Liz Horn, Africa Programme Co-ordinator Tel: 0207 957 5718 or Email; Liz.Horn@riia.org
b. Developing the Rule of Law among Nations: a challenge to the United Nations Monday, 7 July at 6.30pm UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION --WESTMINSTER-- Twinned with UNA Connecticut For World Peace, Disarmament, Development and Human Rights Joint Presidents: The Baroness Cox of Queensbury, Lord Russell-Johnston, The Rt Hon, the Lord Judd of Portsea Steinkraus-Cohen International Law Lecture [linking the United Nations and Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, father of international law] "Developing the Rule of Law among nations: a challenge to the United Nations" Hans Corell UN Under Secretary-General and Legal Counsel to the UN Chair: Judge Rosalyn Higgins Member of the International Court of Justice Monday, 7 July at 6.30pm International Maritime Organisation 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 Mr Corell has been involved with the setting up of the International Criminal Court, the creation of the criminal tribunal for Cambodia, the continuing challenges facing the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia, the impasse on the proposed Convention on Human Cloning, initiatives taken by Member States concerning Iraq and the role of the UN in the development and implementation of international law itself. This series of annual lectures set out to mark the contribution made by the late Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen, a member of the United Nations Associations ofthe UK and the USA and a scholar in the works of the Dutch jurist, Hugo Grotius, the father of international law. Admission by ticket only Please send a stamped addressed envelope to: UNA Westminster 3 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL [info: 0207 385 6738]
c. UNMOVIC: triumphs and tribulations of a UN inspection regime Saturday 5th July, 2:00 - 5:30 Quaker International Centre, 1 Byng Place, London WC1 (nearest underground Goodge Street or Euston) Opening with Guest Speaker: Dr Trevor Findlay* Executive Director of the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC) AGM Business will follow the question/discussion period and a break for tea *Trevor Findlay has held positions at the Peace Research Centre at the Australian National University and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). He has published widely on international relations, arms control, disarmament, peacekeeping and Asia/Pacific security. His latest book is The Use of Force in UN Peace Operations, published by Oxford University Press for SIPRI in December 2002. UNGA-Link UK UK Network for Civil Society Link with UN General Assembly P.O. Box 10363, London NW2 2ZN. Tel/fax: 020 8455 5005 Website: www.ungalink.org.uk
d. Islam and the West: The Impact of September 11th
I would like to bring to your attention an international conference run by Monash University and the University of Western Australia on 'Islam and the West: the impact of September 11' with Professor Amin Saikal, Dr Fethi Mansuri, Professor William Maley, Professor Michael Humphrey, Professor Yvonne Haddad, Dr Greg Barton and Professor Osman Bakar as speakers (15-16 August 2003, Melbourne). Relations between Islam and the West have come under severe strain since the September 11 attack on the United States. The recent US-led military operation in Iraq has made matters even more complicated, as forces of moderation in the Muslim world feel increasingly marginalized. The international and domestic implications of these events are far-reaching. For full conference details check the web-page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/politics/conference/
e. Overseas Development Institute
Enlargement and the near abroad: will Europe be distracted? Gisela Stuart MP, UK Representative on the Convention of the Future of Europe Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Director, RIIA Chair: Sir Tim Lankester, Corpus Christi College Oxford Tuesday 1 July 1.00 p.m.Grimond Room, Portcullis House European Development cooperation to 2010: what scenarios for the future? This is an important moment in the history of Europe's relations with developing countries. Over the next five years, an unprecedented number of decisions will be taken which bear on the relationship. These include the content of the European Constitution, the design of a Common Foreign and Security Policy, the size of the European budget, the future of various regional groupings, the architecture of European institutions, and decisions to do with trade policy and reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. All these discussions take place at a time when the global community as a whole faces troubled times, and when questions of European identity loom large in national debates.Baroness Amos, Secretary of State for International Development, DFID Simon Maxwell, Director, ODI Chair: Tony Worthington MP, Chair of APGOOD Wednesday July 9 1.00 p.m.Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House Bookings are now being taken for the meetings of Tuesday 1 July, and Wednesday 9 July. If you are interested in attending please respond to: Diana Evans, ODI, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JD. Tel: 020 7922 0300; Fax: 020 7922 0399 Email: meetings@odi.org.uk Web: www.odi.org.uk
f. Cultures of Violence: 4th Global Conference: Diversity within Unity 26th to 28th September 2003, St Catherine's College, Oxford, United Kingdom The conference is part of a larger series of on-going conferences, run under the general banner 'At the Interface'. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. The first Diversity within Unity conference was held in Prague in 1999 and focussed on the theme of Human Community and Civil Society. The second conference was held in Oxford in 2000 and focused on the theme of Culture, Conflict, and Belonging. The third market economy and globalisation; poverty and violence * conference met in Prague in 2002 and looked at Cultures of Violence; the theme has been carried over to the 2003 conference. For further details and information please visit the conference web site: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/violence/du4cv2cfp.htm
g. St. Ethelburga’s: Facing Up To Conflict
Wednesday 2 July ‘Healing history’s wounds’ – Michael Henderson Drawing on experience in thirty countries, author Michael Henderson will talk about people whose lives show that forgiveness and repentance are not just personal or religious matters but key to relations within and between nations. He is the author of “Forgiveness: Breaking the Chain of Hate” Wednesday 9 July ‘Facing the Enemy’ – Jo Fuffnell Jo Tuffnell’s journey of healing and reconciliation began with the death of her father, Sir Anthony Berry MP, in the IRA ‘Brighton Bomb’ in 1984. Jo has visited Ireland on many occasions and has worked with groups of victims and former combatants. In November 2000 she met Patrick Magee, the IRA man convicted of killing her father. They have since developed a friendship and work together towards peace in Northern Ireland. Wednesday 16 July ‘Paths to Reconciliation’ – Colin Parry Colin Parry’s son, Tim, was killed by a terrorist bomb in 1993. Tim’s parents went on to found a trust, the Tim Parry-Jonathan Ball Young People’s Centre which, Colin says, “ creates an environment where such an act of savagery which killed my son, can never happen again. We want young people at risk of violence to have a place where they can come and learn how they can help to shape a world where they can live in peace and security.” Wednesday 23 July ‘Forgiveness- for wimps or warriors?’ – Rev Andrew Rawding Andrew Rawding is a former army officer who served in Northern Ireland from 1991-1994. During that time he had direct experience of a number of terrorist attacks that resulted in the death of fellow soldier and injury to himself and others. Andrew recognizes both the challenge of forgiveness and the challenge presented by understanding the sincere motivation that inspires many ’terrorists.’ He argues that the road to forgiveness involves peace-making, accompanied by a recognition of our own inclinations towards aggression, violence and desire for revenge.Each talk will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by a period for questions and discussion, until about 7:00 p.m. These lectures are free but if you think you will be attending please ring the Centre on 020 7496 1610. St Ethelburga’s: Centre for reconciliation and peace 78 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4AG Publications: a. Terror, Counter-Terror- Women Speak Out Editors: Ammu Joseph and Kalpana Sharma Key Points: + A powerful anthology of feminist writings against terrorism and violence, drawn from around the world + Sets the events of 9/11 in the broader historical and global context of the use of terrorism + Contributors include many prominent women writers and campaigners for justice and peace b. WTO: The Doha Agenda- The New Negotiations on World Trade AUTHOR: Bhagirath Lal Das KEY POINTS: + A concise and insightful guide to the issues involved in the current round of world trade negotiations + The author is one of the world's leading authorities on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) + An essential practical handbook for anyone with an interest in world tradec. The Real World of NGOs- Discourses, Diversity and Development AUTHOR: Dorothea Hilhorst KEY POINTS: + The first detailed study of its kind of non-governmental organisations involved in development + A new theoretical model for understanding organizational cultures in civil society + Draws on high quality empirical fieldwork carried out in the Philippines d. The Challenge of Post-Zionism - Alternatives to Israeli Fundamentalist Politics (POSTCOLONIAL ENCOUNTERS SERIES) EDITOR: Ephraim Nimni KEY POINTS: + The first comprehensive critique of a crucial debate for the future of the Israeli state and identity + Prominent contributors representing an important new tendency in the Israeli intelligentsia + Wider significance for theories and understanding of the post-colonial state e. Capitalist Punishment- Prison Privatization and Human Rights EDITORS: Andrew Coyle, Allison Campbell & Rodney Neufeld KEY POINTS: + A comprehensive study of one of the most important contemporary issues confronting prison reform + Covers the UK, Canada, South Africa, Australia and the South, as well as the US + Aimed at the prison service, sociologists, criminologists, human rights specialists and social workers f. The Economist's Tale- A Consultant Encounters Hunger and the World Bank AUTHOR: Peter Griffiths KEY POINTS: + A vivid and courageously honest exposé of the real world of international aid and consultancy + A devastating critique of the ignorance, arrogance and dogmatism of the World Bank in practice + Compulsive reading and a remarkable case study for students of development, business and social science g. No Shortcuts to Power- African Women in Politics and Policy Making EDITORS: Anne Marie Goetz and Shireen Hassim KEY POINTS: + An important contribution to understanding women's political participation in a developing country context + Rich original material from two African countries where women have made significant gains + For researchers and students in African studies, gender studies and political science For information on your nearest stockist or to order a copy of this title by post, contact: Mohammed Umar Zed Books 7 Cynthia Street, London N1 9JF Tel +44 (0)20 7837 4014 Fax +44 (0)20 7833 3960 Email sales@zedbooks.demon.co.ukh. The Power of the Media: A Handbook for Peacebuilders A publication of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention in cooperation with the European Centre for Common Ground and the Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS) Edited by Ross Howard, Francis Rolt, Hans van de Veen and Juliette Verhoeven This book builds on an existing body of research and on our experience of the role that media can play in peace building and provides a set of guidelines on the processes which make media interventions in a conflict effective and sustainable. An operational framework for utilising media in peacebuilding activities is tested on several projects worldwide. The book illustrates best practices and lessons learned in media projects such as radio and televisions programming, training and transitional journalism development and intended outcome programming. A directory with 69 profiles of organisations working in this field worldwide is included as well as a selection of key literature and reports, websites and audio-visual productions.For order information please contact the European Centre for Conflict Prevention European
Center for Conflict Prevention tel: +31 30 242 7777 fax: +31 30 236 9268 info@conflict-prevention.net www.conflict-prevention.net
i. The Peacebuilding Toolkit Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Indonesia has recently finished publishing The Peacebuilding Toolkit Learning from Good Practice: Experience of Indonesian Peacebuilding Practitioners. The Peacebuilding Toolkit is a practical guide to peacebuilding written by 45 practitioners from Indonesia, based on their experience and lessons learned in the field. The Toolkit is available in English and Indonesian versions, and also as a bi-lingual CD ROM. It consists of six chapters focused on the following peacebuilding tools:
We believe that this book is valuable to peacebuilding practitioners in Indonesia and around the world. In our effort to reach as broad a reading public as possible, we are contacting you in hope that you can post an electronic version of the Toolkit on your website. We can send the Toolkit to you on CDROM or as a pdf file. The material is ‘shareware’, so there is no copyright and readers are encouraged to use it in any way they find useful to strengthen their work.
Fax +62 (0)274 547189 Email soesan@telkom.net Online: a. Forced Migration Review Forced Migration Review (www.fmreview.org) has just released two publications: "When does internal displacement end?" taps into the thinking of an array of experts in order to provide guidance on when displacement ends for UN and other international agencies, governments, NGOs, researchers and IDPs themselves. Produced in coordination with Georgetown University's Institute for Study of International Migration and the Brookings Institution-SAIS Project on Internal Displacement, FMR17 is available online at: www.fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/FMR17/fmr17full.pdf "Researching Internal Displacement: State of the Art" reports on a conference held at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in February 2003. Looking at the main current issues in research on internal displacement, it suggests how research findings can better feed into policy, protection and humanitarian response. It is available online at: www.fmreview.org.StateoftheArt.pdf b. International Crisis Group The EU's Balkan Agenda: The Thessaloniki Summit on 21 June runs a real risk of discouraging reformers and increasing alienation in the Western Balkans unless EU policies toward the region are substantially enriched. The EU should make an unambiguous commitment that all countries of the region will be welcomed as members once the established criteria are fulfilled and give all countries and entities pre-accession status. Funding commitments must be increased as well. On present estimates, substantially less will be spent per capita in the Balkans than in the current EU accession countries. Without a clear sign that membership can be attained, there is real risk the region will slip into a perpetual cycle of failure, in which stability can at best be contained. This briefing is one of three published ahead of the Thessaloniki Summit. The EU and Bosnia: Bosnia and Herzegovina is not yet capable of plotting a strategy or undertaking the measures likely to win it membership in the European Union (EU). Yet the government announced on 10 April 2003 that its major policy goal is to join the EU in 2009, in the blind faith that the processes of European integration will themselves provide Bosnia with remedies for its wartime and post-war enfeeblement. There is little evidence, however, that either the parties or the public understands much of what this entails. To secure a stable popular consensus in favour of European integration, the EU must adopt a serious policy of outreach to both politicians and the population as a whole, combined with effective conditionality. This briefing is one of three published ahead of the Thessaloniki Summit on 21 June. The EU and Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo: The steady normalisation of Serbia's international relations since the fall of Milosevic has significantly enhanced prospects for long-term peace and stability. However, the Thessaloniki Summit on 21 June is likely to produce only limited results unless harnessed to a clear political agenda to resolve outstanding post-conflict issues and set all three entities firmly on the path of EU integration. For this, the EU must address Kosovo's status without too much delay. It cannot afford to endanger its substantial political and financial investment because of unreadiness to tackle the underlying causes of instability. The EU should also be ready to help Serbia and Montenegro resolve their relationship - provisionally stabilised in a new joint state with few workable institutions - in a mutually acceptable way. This briefing is one of three published ahead of the Thessaloniki Summit. Afghanistan's Flawed Constitutional Process: The current process of designing a constitution for Afghanistan is unlikely to provide a stable basis for the settlement of future conflict. ICG recommends that the Constitutional Loya Jirga planned in October 2003 be dropped. Instead, national elections mandated for 2004 should be used to create a national assembly that can conclude work on and adopt a new constitution. Those managing the drafting of the new constitution must see that without vigorous public debate, even a well-drafted constitution reflecting compromises will lack negotiated consensus and thus legitimacy. Nepal: Obstacles to Peace: Nepal's political crisis is deepening with the royalist government, the Maoist insurgents and the political parties all proven capable of derailing the peace process. In particular, King Gyanendra's recent appointment of a new prime minister generated a great deal of general animosity and concern. A large number of constitutional issues will have to be tackled if Nepal hopes to resolve either the war with the Maoists, or its constitutional crisis. ICG urges the formation of an all-party government as an essential step forward. However, first and foremost the royalist government and the king himself need to take a more credible and serious approach to both the peace talks and governance as a whole.Congo Crisis: Military Intervention in Ituri: The district of Ituri in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing spiralling violence bordering on genocide. The crisis urgently needs to be stopped. However the French-led Interim Emergency Multinational Force (IEMF) being deployed to Bunia, the administrative centre, is totally insufficient. A much bigger UN intervention force is needed, that operates over a greater geographic area and stays much longer than the few months currently envisaged. There must also be sustained pressure on Rwanda, Uganda and Congo's leaders - and their proxy militias - to support the local pacification process in the area and finalise negotiations towards the establishment of a legitimate transitional Congo government. Iraq: A Race Against the Clock: The U.S. administration in Baghdad, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) must urgently address Iraqis' immediate concerns - personal security, the restoration of basic amenities and social welfare - before the blistering heat of summer sets in. If it fails to do so - and establish a better rapport with Iraqis - there is a genuine risk that serious trouble will break out. With all eyes in the Middle East focused on Iraq, the coming weeks and months will also be critical for shaping regional perceptions of the U.S. ICG urges the CPA to restore public order and essential services, repair basic infrastructure, improve its own media capabilities and public profile, reconsider the sweeping de-Baathification edict and empower Iraqis by handing over day-to-day administration and accelerating elections at the local and institutional level. Algeria: Unrest and Impasse in Kabylia: The mass protests and violence sparked in Kabylia in April 2001 and continuing today are not simply a local or ethnic disturbance. Rather, Kabylia's problems are principally a result of inadequate political representation. The recent invitation by the new head of the government, Ahmed Ouyahia, to engage the protest movement in dialogue is welcome, but much more will need to be done to resolve what is also a broader national problem. In order to break the impasse in Kabylia the regime, the Kabyle political parties and the popular protest movement known as the "Coordinations" must reconsider their behaviour and goals. Now is the time to address the problem of the deficit of representation head on, for the sake of both the Algerian state and its people. For the full reports, please see CrisisWeb - http://www.crisisweb.org
c. The NRC Global IDP Database Country Profiles The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Burundi, Somalia, Iraq, Uzbekistan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org, or the complete profile can be sent to you by e-mail on request (Claudia.mcgoldrick@nrc.ch).
d. News Stories From Reuters and Alertnet A summary of news and events from http://www.alertnet.org, the Internet service for the relief community and anyone interested in the work of aid agencies. Click on the links to see the underlying content on AlertNet.org Gaza talks with militants end in stalemate GAZA - Egyptian mediators failed to persuade Palestinian militants to call a ceasefire with Israel to help salvage a U.S.-backed peace "road map". The talks followed a week of violence which included the killing of four Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas suicide bombing on a Jerusalem bus in which 17 died and Israeli air attacks that killed more than 20 Palestinians. Gunfire hits French helicopter in Congo BUNIA, Congo - Small arms fire hit a French military helicopter belonging to the international force for the Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing the aircraft to land for repairs. It was the first time that an element of the French-led force had been hit by gunfire since it began deploying in the Congolese town of Bunia on June 6 to protect civilians from tribal clashes. Accusations fly just hours after Liberian truce MONROVIA - Rebels accused Liberian forces of violating a ceasefire on Wednesday just hours after it took effect amid hopes of an end to a conflict that has spilled bloody chaos into West Africa. Eighth
night of unrest in Iran, encouraged by U.S. e. Centre for Health and Human Rights Journal
The latest issue of their journal is on Violence, Health and Human Rights. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter/ f. Child Soldiers Newsletter
ISSUE 8/JUNE 2003
Child Soldiers : A Newsletter produced by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child SoldiersIN THIS EDITION … - THROUGH CHILDREN’S EYES - CHILD SOLDIER NEWS - DEMOBILISATION AND REHABILITATION UPDATES - ACTION APPEAL: NEPAL - FEATURE ARTICLE: INDIGENOUS CHILDRE N- VOICES OF YOUTH: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GIRL SOLDIER IN SRI LANKA - CSC REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS - EDITORIAL: POVERTY AND CHILD SOLDIERS - ABOUT CHILD SOLDIERS NEWSLETTER It may also be downloaded on our website at: To subscribe, please send an email with "subscribe newsletter" in the heading, to: projects@child-soldiers.org4. Volunteer and Job Vacancies a. Integrated Social Development Effort (ISE) OPPORTUNITY
FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY PLACEMENT
b. CAFOD VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER £30,155 to £33,155 p.a. Could you take a strong lead in visual communications for CAFOD, one of the UK's major development and relief agencies? We are looking for someone with a dynamic and visionary approach to head up a team of designers, picture researchers and audio-visual staff and to manage the work of the design studio and picture desk. You will be part of the Creative and Communication Services Section, which provides the high quality print, audio-visual and online communication materials necessary for our fundraising, education and campaigning work. You should have solid professional experience in |