logo eNewsletter May 2008       Volume 2, Edition 1

The Canadian Peacebuilding Network

PEACEBUILD FUNDING NEWS

Peacebuild Receives CIDA support
CIDA letter confirmed three-year funding for the network...more

Conflict Prevention
(Photo credit: Bacher's Blog)

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

*Human Security Brief 2007 released


* New York: Child Soldiers Global Report 2008


*National Report on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms


*Sudan: Obstacles Slow Deployment of Peacekeepers


*Council backs stronger UN presence in Somalia


*Liberia: Ex-combatant guns increase armed robbery


*Nepal: Arms proliferation fuelled by lack of government


*NATO: Afghanistan Says To Decide How Long NATO Troops Stay

Peacebuild eNewsletter

Peacebuild is a strong network of Canadian non-governmental organizations, institutions, and individuals actively involved in peacebuilding practice and policy development. Peacebuild’s working groups bring together members interested in particular thematic areas such as Children & Armed Conflict, Conflict Prevention, Gender & Peacebuilding, Peace Operations, and Small Arms & Light Weapons. Additionally, the network works on other peacebuilding-related topics.

The Peacebuild eNewsletter provides a once per month update on the Canadian Peacebuilding Network's activities.



NEW PEACEBUILD REPORTS PUBLISHED


Report for workshop held in Montreal on 7 March 2008 on Preventive strategies for Children and Armed Conflict in regards to the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1612

Report published by the Forum with the collaboration of Plan Canada and
Save the Children Canada on the impact armed violence has on children in Haiti.

Report on a two-day workshop on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan that took place on April 10-11

Workshop Report on Gender Training and Fragile States: What Works

Gender, Small Arms and Development: The Case of Southern Sudan

Meeting Report on Islam and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in Afghanistan

"A Rough Guide" for the Practitioner on Exploring Conflict Sensitive Programming in the Niger Delta

PEACEBUILD EVENTS

Roundtable discussion on aid effectiveness in Afghanistan
A roundtable discussing key challenges faced by Afghanistan and its international partners in the process of reconstruction and stabilization...more

Workshop on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan
A recently detailed report on a two-day workshop on the CPA...more

Meeting on effectiveness of attempts to prevent violent conflict
Conflict Prevention Working Group hosted a meeting...more


(Photo credit: NorthEastern University)


PEACEBUILD PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Peacebuild talks to CBC on Afghanistan Aid
Peacebuild responds to report on aid shortfall in Afghanistan...more

Peacebuild draws attention to Omar Khadr case
Letter by Forum on Children and Armed Conflict Working Group published in major newspaper...more

Network member Kathy Vandergrift wins global UNICEF Prize
The UNICEF Aldo Farina Prize, a global award awarded biannually by UNICEF to recognize outstanding contribution to child rights advocacy or education for development...more


(Photo credit: SaferWorld)

 

FEATURED PEACEBUILD MEMBER

Lara Olson
Lara Olson
Peacebuilding, Development and Security Program (PDSP)
Centre for Military and Strategic Studies
University of Calgary


 

 

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