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Grassroots efforts to prevent and resolve violence
Partnership Report
6 Jun 2005
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| Keywords: | All "Peace & Conflict" reports |
Civil society peace efforts are no panacea, but they are indispensable – not sufficient, but necessary. Grassroots peacebuilders have proven over and over that conflict is NOT inevitable and that development and peace are complementary, not competitive.
From Bosnia to Colombia to Sri Lanka courageous and unarmed civilians – often children and youth – are subverting the power of the gun simply by talking to their neighbours. From Kosovo to Indonesia to Sierra Leone, ordinary people are building peace by risking their own lives to save others from the curse of conflict.
On the eve of the first global civil society conference on preventing violent conflict, being hosted by the UN in July 2005, this report is intended to stimulate debate about the power and possibility of grassroots peace-builders to make a lasting difference. It gathers peacebuilding experiences from six countries where World Vision works: Serbia and Montenegro (Kosovo), Colombia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Sierra Leone.
This is not an exhaustive nor a fully representative study. Yet it demonstrates the power and potential for peace and conflict prevention when governments, regional organisations, international financial institutions and the UN support grassroots peacebuilding efforts.
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