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Reflections on Guns, Fighters and Armed Violence in Peace Processes —Edited by Cate Buchanan— ABOUT the HD CENTRE Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue viewpoints volume 2 • november 2008 Reflections on Guns, Fighters and Armed Violence in Peace Processes —Edited by Cate Buchanan— ABOUT THE HD CENTRE The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre) is an independent Swiss foundation dedicated to help- ing improve the global response to armed conflict. It attempts to achieve this by mediating between warring parties and providing support to the broader media- tion community. The HD Centre is driven by humanitarian values; its goal is to reduce the consequences of violent conflict, improve security, and ultimately contribute to the peaceful resolution of conflict. The HD Centre began operations in 1999 and has since become one of the world’s leading conflict mediation organisations. Operational engagements are comple mented by policy and analytical work focused on civilian protec tion, mediation techniques, transitional issues and arms and security matters. Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue 114 rue de Lausanne Geneva, 1202 Photo: a sign is seen after KFOR soldiers sealed-off an area to investigate the scene where one Kosovo Albanian died Switzerland and three were injured in a minefield left from the Kosovo Phone +41 22 908 1130 war in 1999, near the village of Harilaq, 20 km north of Kosovo capital Pristina on April 1, 2008. Fax +41 22 908 1140 © Reuters/Photographer Hazir Reka E-mail [email protected] Design & layout: Richard Jones ([email protected]) Website www.hdcentre.org Printing: Paul Green Printing, London Reflections on Guns, Fighters and Armed Violence in Peace Processes —Edited by Cate Buchanan— NEGOTIATING DISARMAMENT: STRATEGIES FOR TACKLING SECURITY ISSUES IN PEACE PROCESSES ‘Negotiating Disarmament’ explores issues surrounding Project publications to date the planning, timing and techniques of a range of Cate Buchanan and Mireille Widmer (2006), Civilians, security issues, including violence reduction, weapons Guns and Peace Processes: Approaches and Possibilities, control, disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration ‘Negotiating Disarmament’ Briefing Paper No. 1, activities, and justice and security sector transformation, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Available also in in the processes of peacemaking—negotiations, agree­ French and Spanish. ments and implementation strategies. Through expert meetings, specific peace process reviews, perception Cate Buchanan, ed. (2008), Viewpoints: Reflections on studies, interviews and analysing experiences over Guns, Fighters and Armed Violence in Peace Processes, the last two decades, as well as drawing upon the HD Volume 1, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, March. Centre’s own operational engagements, it aims to: Available also in Spanish. • provide practical and accessible guidance on a Richard Barltrop (2008), The Negotiation of Security range of security issues to those actively engaged in Issues in the Burundi Peace Talks, ‘Negotiating Disarma­ peace making, including mediators, government ment’ Country Study No. 1. officials, armed groups, donors, civil society and Richard Barltrop (2008), The Negotiation of Security UN officials; Issues in Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement, • demystify concerns by identifying strategies, trends ‘Negotiating Disarmament’ Country Study No. 2. and lessons over time; • identify and describe common obstacles faced in Cate Buchanan and Joaquin Chávez (2008), Guns addressing security issues in peace processes, and and Violence in the El Salvador Peace Negotiations, suggest ways these may be tackled; and ‘Negotiating Disarmament’ Country Study No. 3. • contribute to the generation of analysis and the building of linkages within the violence reduction Cate Buchanan, ed. (2008), Viewpoints: Reflections on and prevention, peacemaking, peacebuilding, Guns, Fighters and Armed Violence in Peace Processes, conflict resolution, and arms control communities. Volume 2, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, November. Available also in Spanish. The project is supported by the Governments of Canada, Norway and Switzerland. For more informa­ tion, go to www.hdcentre.org 2 Negotiating Disarmament Viewpoints Volume 2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CATE BUCHANAN ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. WALKING THROUGH MINEFIELDS: VIOLENCE MANAGEMENT BY MEDIATORS DURING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS CAREY CAVANAUGH ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 2. LAYING DOWN ARMS: THE M-19 RENUNCIATION OF VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA VERA GRABE ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 3. NEGOTIATING SECURITY ISSUES IN THE JUBA PROCESS ANTON BAARÉ ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Reflections on Guns, Fighters and Armed Violence in Peace Processes 3 INTRODUCTION hose around the peace negotiating table are and demobilisation. From the perspective of thematic charged with several responsibilities. Chief advisers to peace processes, Anton Barré shares his among these is to bring an end to or at least views and recent experience as DDR adviser over the significantlyT reduce the incidence of violence, in the course of the negotiations to bring an end to the long short and long term. Yet negotiating security issues is running war in northern Uganda (the ‘Juba process’), an eminently political endeavor, and a hornet’s nest while mediator Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh draws of symbolism and tactics. It is now clear that security on the example of Nagorno­Karabakh to address the concerns cannot be sidestepped or relegated to low dramatic steps third parties may be called on to take priority in peace processes, and that representatives in order to contain violence during the negotiation of warring parties and those assisting dialogue face phase. multiple pressures on which substantive agreement The Viewpoints volumes join a number of studies and must be reached, including the transformation of publications in the ‘Negotiating Disarmament’ series. security and justice systems; establishing control of Some of these publications address thematic issues such the vast quantities of weapons in circulation; address­ as trends in weapons control and violence reduction ing the needs of those traumatised and disabled by provisions in peace agreements; armed civilians and armed violence; and the disarmament, demobilisation militias; and understanding how to better address the and reintegration (DDR) of fighting forces. presence of bombs and unexploded ordnance. Others This second volume of Viewpoints: Reflections on include a three­part series of Country Studies which Guns, Fighters and Armed Violence in Peace Processes examine how security issues were negotiated in the El brings together a rich collection of voices and experi­ Salvador, Burundi and Sudan peace talks. ences on security issues in peace processes, with the The Centre acknowledges the support of the govern­ aim of contributing to the various debates and discus­ ments of Canada, Switzerland and Norway for pro­ sions around these difficult subjects. As a companion viding funding for the Viewpoints series, and for the to the first volume of March 2008, this edition of ‘Negotiating Disarmament’ project. Appreciation is Viewpoints collects a unique set of insights on security also extended to Emile LeBrun, Luc Chounet­Cambas, issues drawing upon the individual experiences of Suzanne Damman, and Wynne Russell, who have those involved in peace processes. From the perspec­ variously reviewed, edited, and assisted with drafting, tive of representatives of warring parties, Vera Grabe, as well as providing advice and ideas. a leading member for sixteen years of the Colombian guerrilla group Movimiento 19 de Abril (M­19), describes —Cate Buchanan that organisation’s gravitation towards non­violence Editor, November 2008 4 Negotiating Disarmament Viewpoints Volume 2 WALKING THROUGH MINEFIELDS: VIOLENCE MANAGEMENT BY MEDIATORS DURING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS CAREY CAVANAUGH tanding in the blistering sun in the middle or mediation processes seeking to remedy conflicts of a minefield in the Caucasus, with snipers involving Armenia and Azerbaijan (over Nagorno­ from both warring sides watching your every Karabakh), Cyprus, Georgia (over Abkhazia and South move,S brings home in no uncertain terms the extreme Ossetia), Moldova (over Transnistria), and Tajikistan, steps mediators may be required to take to reduce the as well as to reduce general tensions between Greece prospects of violence and death in order to advance the and Turkey. My responsibilities during these assign­ potential for peace. This situation, which I experienced ments included providing indirect support to UN in 2000 and 2001 while trying to advance resolution efforts, directly supporting negotiations sponsored of the conflict over Nagorno­Karabakh, fit neither the by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in typical image of peace mediation presented at diplo­ Europe (OSCE), working in the framework of a ‘Group matic academies, nor the one
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