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Conflict Dynamics International is an independent, not-for-profit
organization founded to prevent and resolve violent conflict
between and within states, and to alleviate human suffering
resulting from conflicts and other crises around the world.
WHAT'S NEW AT CONFLICT DYNAMICS?
Briefing Paper on Electoral Reform in Sudan and Implications
for the Darfur Political Process
OCTOBER 2008: Conflict Dynamics releases a new Briefing Paper,
titled, "Electoral
Reform in Sudan and Prospects for Peace in Darfur."
The paper -- the first in a new series of publications under
Conflict Dynamics Peacebuilding in Transition States Program
-- highlights several important implications of Sudan's National
Election Act (July 2008) for efforts to reach a negotiated
settlement to the conflict in Darfur. The paper also presents
observations on how to address the consequences of the Act
for the Darfur peace process.
Support to Darfur Political Process
OCTOBER 2007: Conflict Dynamics' President, Gerard Mc Hugh,
commences work on project to assist the United Nations Special
Envoy for Darfur, Amb. Jan Eliasson, and the African Union-United
Nations Joint Mediation Support Team in mediating between
the parties to the conflict in Darfur.
UN Panel of Experts on Sudan: Report
OCTOBER 2007: The fourth
report of the UN Security Council Panel of Experts
on the Sudan was published on 3 October 2007. Gerard
Mc Hugh, President of Conflict Dynamics, served as Coordinator
for the Panel of Experts for three mandates between
July 2005 and September 2007. |
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Members
of the UN Panel of Experts' Team in Darfur, 2007
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Humanitarian Negotiations
OCTOBER 2008: Conflict Dynamics and Mercy Corps Conflict
Management Group deliver advanced training on humanitarian
negotiations for UNICEF's Middle East and North Africa Regional
Office (MENA-RO) in Amman, Jordan.
AUGUST 2008: Conflict Dynamics and Mercy Corps deliver advanced
training in humanitarian negotiations for UNICEF personnel
in Afghanistan.
JULY 2007: Conflict Dynamics and Mercy Corps deliver advanced
training on humanitarian negotiations to UNICEF personnel
in West and Central Africa.
MARCH 2007: Conflict Dynamics and Mercy Corps deliver advanced
training on humanitarian negotiations with non-State armed
groups to World Food Programme (WFP) field personnel. The
advanced training is delivered by the two organizations under
their joint Humanitarian Negotiation Training Initiative (HNTI).
PUBLICATIONS
Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups: A Manual
for Practitioners
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Two United Nations publications
on humanitarian negotiations with non-state armed groups,
co-authored by CDI President Gerard Mc Hugh and Manuel
Bessler (UN-OCHA), were launched in New York on 16 February
2006 and in Geneva on 23 March 2006. The publications
-- a manual and accompanying set of guidelines on humanitarian
negotiations with non-state armed groups -- provide
a structured approach to humanitarian negotiations with
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Assessing the Humanitarian Implications of Sanctions
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On 19 November 2004 in New York, CDI
President Gerard Mc Hugh and colleagues from the UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA) launched two IASC publications on assessing the
possible humanitarian implications of sanctions.
The Sanctions Assessment Handbook
and accompanying Field Guidelines were
produced under a Canadian and Swiss funded OCHA project.
Press
Release
Link
to IASC Sanctions Assessment Handbook |
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