Meeting Notes - November 14, 2002

Creating Conditions for Peace: What Role for the UN and Regional Actors?

Report of a conference held by IPA [now IPI] in association with Wilton Park July 1-3, 2002.

Books - October 15, 2002

Peacekeeping in East Timor: The Path to Independence

The UN intervention in East Timor amply illustrates the type of complex operation that the United Nations increasingly is being asked to undertake.  

Policy Papers - July 14, 2002

SHIRBRIG Deployment in UNMEE: Lessons Learned

The seminar examined the lessons learned from the formation's deployment to Ethiopia and Eritrea in autumn 2000 as a framework for the UN mission headquarters, UNMEE, and as the core of the military mission. The seminar also broadened the deliberations to examine the concept of SHIRBRIG, as well as the concept of rapid deployment itself.

The IPI expert seminar brought together more than 100 representatives from member nations, United Nations Headquarters, in particular from DPKO, non-government organizations, and serving and past members of SHIRBRIG itself.

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.  

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 - March 13, 2002

Toward a Pax West Africana: Building Peace in a Troubled Sub-region

A report on the IPA-ECOWAS September 27-29, 2001, Abuja Seminar exploring the development of ECOWAS's regional mechanism for security and development in West Africa.