Meeting Notes - September 13, 2002

Policies and Practices for Controlling Resource Flows in Armed Conflict

A conference report summarizing discussions at the Conference on Policies and Practices for Regulating Resource Flows to Armed Conflicts, co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and held at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study and Conference Center, May 20-24, 2002, Bellagio, Italy.

Meeting Notes - August 13, 2002

Economic Agendas in Civil Wars: Defining and Developing the Role of the UN

Policy recommendations emerging from the Symposium held March 25, 2002, co-organized by the International Peace Academy [now International Peace Institute] and the Fafo Institute for Applied Social Science, Programme for International Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (PICCR) and sponsored by the Government of Norway during its Presidency of the UN Security Council.

Policy Papers - July 14, 2002

Sharing Best Practices on Conflict Prevention

The UN does not act alone in conflict prevention. It is important for the UN to identify other actors with comparative advantages in certain aspects of conflict prevention, and to partner wisely with them.

Meeting Notes - July 13, 2002

Symposium Explores UN Role in Addressing Economic Dimensions of Armed Conflict

A report of a symposium held March 25, 2002, co-organized by the International Peace Academy [now International Peace Institute] and the Fafo Institute for Applied Social Science, Programme for International Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (PICCR) and sponsored by the Government of Norway as an integral part of its Presidency of the UN Security Council.

Meeting Notes - July 12, 2002

Past, Present and Future Challenges in Peacekeeping

Report of the seminar organized by IPA [now IPI] and the Best Practices Unit of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) on October 29, 2002, in New York.  

Books - June 15, 2002

Building Peace in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau

This study tackles contemporary issues that are of utmost significance to building peace in West Africa. 

Meeting Notes - June 13, 2002

Lessons Learned: Peacebuilding in Haiti

A report on the January 23-24, 2002, IPA-UNDPA seminar on peacebuilding activities in Haiti.

Meeting Notes - June 12, 2002

The Politics of Sanctions

This report draws upon insights shared at two meetings on sanctions convened by the International Peace Academy [now International Peace Institute] in Paris in November 2001 and London in March 2002.  

Policy Papers - May 14, 2002

The Role of Civil Society in National Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Liberia

A case study report from IPI's Civil Society Project recounting the efforts of civil society actors including human rights groups, media, and women's, religious, and student groups to foster peace, reconciliation, and democracy in Liberia.

Meeting Notes - April 13, 2002

The Economics of War

A conference report summarizing panel discussions held on September 10, 2001, and co-organized by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the International Peace Academy [now International Peace Institute] on the intersection between the economic dimensions of conflict and prospects for developing policy approaches to address the political economy of violent conflict.