Herefore Leads to an Uncertain Lasting Peace
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Summary of Findings: From War to Peace Lessons learned from achievements and failures in peace agreements over the past decade: a strategy for peace process optimization. Nonviolence International Caroline Guinard Foreword Dr. Oscar Arias From War to Peace includes a foreword written by Dr. Oscar Arias who received in 1987 the Nobel Peace Prize for Esquipulas II Peace Plan for Central America. In the full version, each of the 3 phases briefly outlined in this Summary are richly illustrated with real world examples from the following intra-State conflicts: Cambodia, Georgia/Abkhazia, Guatemala, Mindanao (Philippines), Mozambique, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and Tajikistan. It also contains an introduction and a conclusion which evaluates the impact of the 11 th September event on Peace Building, an appendix, as well as a descriptive brief overview of each Peace Process for the above listed countries highlighting their successful and unsuccessful actions in pursuit of peace. The full report is can be downloaded from the internet as an adobe acrobat file at: www.nonviolenceinternational.net/seasia/download/war_to_peace.pdf Hard copies are priced according to a sliding scale. To order either the full publication or this Summary contact: NONVIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL SOUTHEAST ASIA OFFICE 104/20 Soi 124, Latprao, Wangtonglang, Bangkok 10310 SIAM Tel & Fax: +66 (0) 2934 3289 [email protected] INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU 41, rue de Zurich 1201 Geneva, SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 22 731 6429 Fax: +41 22 738 9419 [email protected] From War to Peace December 2002 Nonviolence International Bangkok, SIAM 176 pp. © Copyright 2002 Nonviolence International ISBN: 92-95006-02-X Cover photo: Philip Blenkinsop The photograph was taken on the first day of peace in Cambodia after the Paris Agreement was reached on the 23rd October 1991. Two monks are crossing by two guerrilla soldiers from Khmer People’s National Liberation Front in the South of Thamar Pouk, northwest of Cambodia. The ceasefire and peace process report ☺ Why Nonviolence International managed this study? an agreement that organizes cessation of any kind of military activities at a precise time in a given place Neither ceasefires nor armistices put a legal end to a war a Peace Treaty will carry out this objective Problematic No1: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: From War to Peace: 1 Problematic No2: INTRODUCTION ⌧ a peace agreement even signed between all parties is never a stable guarantee of real national reconciliation the pre-negotiation phase (phase 1) substantial negotiations (phase 2) implementation phase of the agreement (phase 3) ⌧ SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: From War to Peace: 2 ⌧ Part 1. Part II. 1 Exclusion of some specific parties may occur. It is important to notice because it may have undermining consequences. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: From War to Peace: 3 ⌧ PHASE 2 : Part I. ⌧ SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: From War to Peace: 4 ⌧ ⌧ ⌧ ⌧ Part II. ⌧ ⌧ 2 Parties should look at previous conflicts, which occurred in other parts of the world, to see if some similarities can be found. It can be a way to find solutions which have already been implemented in a ‘comparable’ conflict. 3 Obstacle: Opposition leader may start negotiations just to obtain political power and considered peace building secondary. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: From War to Peace: 5 PHASE 3 : ⌧ Part I. ⌧ SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: From War to Peace: 6 Part II. ⌧ 4 Definition: A foreign business company may act in three diverse ways at different moments of a conflict. It can fund rebel armies when they protect their interests during a conflict. They may also provide financial and material support to help a peace process when their interests have changed. They can also offer to fund rebel opposition during implementation of the agree- ment to help them become a real political party. 5 After interviewing different actors living in each of the nine countries, the implementation phase of the peace process always seems very weak and therefore leads to an uncertain lasting peace. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: From War to Peace: 7 CONCLUSION : ⌧ ⌧ After negotiation, the way parties will manage the implementation phase is just as vitally important comparative analysis of the global situation of the country before and after the conflict, and of the peace agreement implementation a peace agreement is more a breakthrough process, than a definitive solution it is better to approach a peace agreement in terms of formulation and evaluation, instead of a singular settlement which succeeds or fails, wins or loses ⌧ ⌧ ⌧ and at this time, no proper legal tools exist for resolving them Past mistakes must be understood and avoided. Relevant provisions and ideas must be applied again. For this reason, this report adheres to the rule of the precedent as a guideline ⌧ SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: From War to Peace: 8 NONVIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL Nonviolence International was founded in 1989 to provide assistance to individuals, nongovernmental organizations and governments who express the desire to find nonviolent means to bring about social and political change. We seek to strengthen people’s ability to use the power of nonviolence as a means to bring about changes that reflect the truth, justice and the desire for human development on the personal, social, economic and political levels. We believe that every cultural and religious tradition in the world contains the seeds of truth through nonviolence, and we encourage activists of different tradions to seek nonviolent solutions that respect their cultural identities. In order to act on this.