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Résumé: Standing Tall Australia, Mines Action Canada and the ICBL Working Group on Victim Assistance
partnered to produce the Portfolio of 101 Great Ideas for the Socio-Economic Reintegration of Mine Survivors with the realistic hope that it would give wider exposure to the issue of socio-economic reintegration and to existing programs, and raise awareness on the many unique and different ideas currently available which would in turn encourage the implementation of new programs to empower mine survivors and other
persons with disabilities. The Portfolio includes a one or two page presentation of each "great idea" including the history, successes, capacities and challenges in meeting the economic reintegration needs of mine survivors and other persons with disabilities in particular mine-affected communities. The majority of programs included in the Portfolio currently assist mine survivors but a few programs assisting other vulnerable groups have also been included as the ideas could easily be adapted to benefit persons with disabilities.
Résumé: Large quantities of weapons and ammunition from the Balkans and eastern Europe are flowing into Africa's conflict-ridden Great Lakes region, despite evidence of their use in gross human rights violations, according to this report.
The shipments have continued to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite a peace process initiated in 2002 and a United Nations arms embargo.
In a detailed study, Amnesty International reveals the role played by arms dealers, brokers and transporters from many countries including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, the UK a#nd USA. The study traces the supply of weapons and ammunition to the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda and their subsequent distribution to armed groups and militia in the eastern DRC that have been involved in atrocities amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Résumé: From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the townships of Cape Town, from the inner-city communities of Kingston, to the rural provinces of the Philippines or the ghettoes of Chicago, children and youth are dying in increasing numbers due to gun violence. While some die in gang disputes, some in organised crime, and others in direct conflict with state security forces, increasing firearms-related mortality reflects the growing involvement of young people in organised armed groups that function outside of traditionally defined war zones. The shocking reality is presented in a new book released by Viva Rio, which challenges the traditional parameters of definitions such as armed conflict, crime and delinquency; a reality that for many young people who live it daily is Neither War nor Peace.
Résumé: This report reveals how irresponsible military aid and arms supplies to Nepal from countries including the United States, India and the United Kingdom, have facilitated the killing, torture and abduction or "disappearance" of thousands of civilians.
The organisation called on these governments and others -- including Belgium and South Africa which have recently supplied military assistance and France, which supplies crucial components for helicopters assembled and delivered by India -- not to resume military assistance or arms supplies destined for Nepal until the security forces can demonstrate that they will uphold human rights.
Résumé: This report provides an update of activities carried out under the Multi-Country Demobilization and
Reintegration Program (MDRP) since the time of the previous quarterly progress report (July to September
2004). The report is organized by the four main components of the MDRP, namely: (i) national
demobilization and reintegration programs; (ii) special projects; (iii) regional activities; and (iv) overall
program management. The box below provides a snaps#hot of the quarter's main activities under the
program. Tables providing updates on the status of national programs and special projects, an unaudited
financial statement of the MDRP Trust Fund, and a revised work plan for the period January-March 2005,
are also included as annexes to this report.
Résumé: This 39-page report documents how most families have returned to locations that still lack minimal social services, such as health care and education, let alone employment. Elderly and disabled persons, widows and female-headed households experience the worst shortfalls in government assistance, particularly in rural areas.
Résumé: This report summarises the capacity of the landmine clearance sector to respond to mines other than anti-personnel mines (MOTAPM), specifically anti-vehicle mines. It then looks at the humanitarian impact of MOTAPM contamination in a specific environment. A case study illustrates the efforts of humanitarian organisations to address problems faced by rural communities in Angola . These problems persist and are made worse because MOTAPM on roads prevent humanitarian organisations from gaining access to the population. MOTAPM are also seen to increase the cost of humanitarian assistance. The conclusions of the report complement evidence presented by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) that MOTAPM have caused severe humanitarian problems in post-conflict environments.
Résumé: A more multi-disciplinary approach to research on small arms in recent years is looking beyond simply "counting the weapons" focusing also on the devastating human suffering facilitated by arms proliferation. Unfortunately, a discussion of how gender ideologies might influence people's attitudes to small arms has been largely absent in this discourse. Yet, gender shapes and constrains
the behavior and attitudes of women and men, including creating differences in their approaches to and use of small arms. Because these differences have not yet been widely, or only inadequately researched, we have little scientific evidence with which to influence the development of gendermainstreamed programs to curtail the impacts of small arms and light weapons. This Working Paper reports on the preliminary findings of a collaborative project on "Gender Perspectives on Small Arms and Lights Weapons" which aims to contribute to existing efforts to fill this research gap. Drawing on experiences and data from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, South America, the South Pacific, Europe and North America, the Working Paper identifies common themes, questions, challenges and recommendations that have so far emanated from the research project.
Résumé: On 24 October 1995, after meeting with then UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghali, Mozambican President Chissano announced that Mozambique was prepared to play a leading role in the international effort to ban landmines. Speaking at the United Nations the following year, Mozambican Foreign Minister Leonardo Simxc3xa3o announced his government's support for a worldwide ban on the production, stockpiling and distribution of landmines. In December 1996, Mozambique also supported UN General Assembly resolution calling for negotiation of an international agreement banning antipersonnel mines.
Résumé: Among the most egregious child rights violations, an estimated 300,000 child soldiers are
involved in armed conflicts. Although a number of countries have undertaken demobilization
and reintegration programs for child soldiers, there remains a dearth of documentation and
dissemination of program experience and best practice to guide the countries.
This working paper draws from in-depth case studies on Angola and El Salvador, as well as
other country program experiences. The study follows the themes of prevention, demobilization,
and reintegration, detailing concrete examples and offering checklists on each of the main
themes for use in future programs.
Résumé: This paper seeks to find out if previous micro-disarmament programs could serve as the basis for policy measures that could effectively tackle the problem of small arms and their misuse in the sub-region of Central Africa.
Résumé: This document first outlines a comprehensive strategy for disarmament,
demobilization and reintegration (DDR) activities in the greater Great Lakes region of
central Africa. For the purposes of this strategy, the greater Great Lakes region comprises
all those countries involved in or affected by one or more conflicts in central Africa.
These include: the People's Republic of Angola, the Republic of Burundi, the Central
African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the
Republic of Namibia, the Republic of Rwanda, the Republic of Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
The document then develops the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration
Program (MDRP), which operationalizes the strategy by outlining measures to structure
and channel international assistance in support of efforts that assist ex-combatants to
return to peaceful, sustainable livelihoods.
Résumé: This report provides an update of activities carried out under the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) since the time of the previous quarterly progress report (January to March 2004). The report is organized by the four main components of the MDRP, namely: (i) national demobilization and reintegration programs; (ii) special projects; (iii) regional activities; and (iv) overall program management. Tables providing updates on the status of national programs and special projects, an unaudited financial statement of the MDRP Trust Fund, and a revised work plan for the period July to September 2004, are also included as annexes to this report.
Résumé: This report provides an update of activities carried out under the Multi-Country
Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) since the time of the previous quarterly
progress report (October to December 2003). The report is organized by the four main
components of the MDRP, namely: (i) national demobilization and reintegration programs; (ii)
special projects; (iii) regional activities; and (iv) overall program management. A table
providing and update on status of special projects, an unaudited financial statement of the MDRP
Trust Fund, and a revised work plan for the period April to June 2004 are also included as
annexes to this report.
Résumé: The proliferation of small arms and light weapons has been a concern for many during the last decade. Nongovernmental
organizations and governments have been working hand-in-hand to deal with the issue.
Governments are responsible for the safety and security of their citizens and thus change and enforce policy to
adapt to our ever-evolving world. Non-governmental organizations assess impact and responses; as
representatives of civil society they monitor the state and suggest policy changes to facilitate a safer
environment. Should the situation arise where the general public perceives the state as being unable to carry out
its duty to protect them, the populace may try to protect itself. One of the main occurrences shaping a
community's perception of insecurity is needless violence during crime.
Résumé: The chapters in this report represent World Vision's distinct analysis on the human, social and economic costs that violent conflict has wreaked in sixteen different contexts that have not had the high media profile of Iraq. It is World Vision's attempt to highlight countries suffering from the 'perfect storm' of post-conflict recovery: low human development, high indebtedness, and another significant challenge, often disease or poor economic prospects. These conflicts have exacted concurrent and crippling consequences on the people living in them; factors which, left unaddressed, make them highly susceptible to future violent conflict. Industrialised countries, and in particular the G8, however, need not be resigned to inevitable civil wars. If pursued, the recommendations presented here offer a realistic chance not only of averting re-cycling of individual conflicts, but of addressing other global afflictions that are fuelled by the preponderance of wars.
Résumé: AHSI is a network of seven African non-governmental research organisations that have come together to measure the performance of key African governments in promoting human security. The project is inspired by a wish to contribute to the ambitions of the New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Whereas the APRM process has defined a comprehensive set of objectives, standards, criteria and indicators that cover four broad areas, AHSI only engages with one of the four, namely issues of political governance in so far as these relate to human security. Within this area, each AHSI partner has identified a set of key commitments that African leaders have entered into at the level of OAU/AU heads of states meetings and summits. A "shadow review" of how these commitments have been implemented in practice has then been conducted. Eight countries have been chosen for review, namely Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. All eight are members of NEPAD and have acceded to the APRM. While not constituting an exhaustive list of human security challenges in Africa, the AHSI Network selected the following seven clusters of commitments: human rights, democracy and governance; civil society engagement; small arms and light weapons; peacekeeping and conflict resolution; anti-corruption; and terrorism and organised crime. The AHSI partners are the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA), the I#nstitute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), the Southern Africa Human Rights Trust (SAHRIT), the West African Network for Peace (WANEP), the African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR), the African Peace Forum (APFO) and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
This monograph sets out to measure the extent to which the governments
of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda have implemented the Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (2000) on the one hand; and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (1997)2 on the other. The emerging evidence suggests that the seven countries have taken, and continue to take, the necessary measures to implement their commitments under both these agreements, albeit with varying results.
Résumé: The Human Security Network (HSN) is a group of like-minded countries from all regions of the world that, at the level of Foreign Ministers, maintains dialogue on questions pertaining to human security. The Network includes Austria, Canada, Chile, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Slovenia, Thailand and South Africa as an observer. The Network has a unique inter-regional and multiple agenda perspective with strong links to civil society and academia. The Network emerged from the landmines campaign and was formally launched at a Ministerial meeting in Norway in 1999.
Résumé: A bi-monthly electronic publication, providing succinct analysis of foreign policy developments of both a regional and global nature, and their impact on South African foreign policy making.
Résumé: The mission of ISS is to conceptualise, inform and enhance the security debate in Africa through: independent applied research and analysis; facilitating and supporting policy formulation; raising awareness of decision-makers and the public; monitoring trends and policy implementation; collecting, interpreting and disseminating information; national, regional and international networking; and capacity-building.
Résumé: The South African Institute of International Affairs is an independent non-governmental organisation which aims to promote a wider and more informed understanding of international issues among South Africans.
