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Introduction List of non-state armed actors As indicated by its title, the World Map of Failing States 2004 aims to provide • Some listed names can be regarded as regular political parties CMAP Co-ordination of Armed Political Movements of the Ethiopia KKach JKDLP Jammu Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party SSUA Southern Sudan United Army insight in the issue of failing states. Working for Peace around the globe, the • This list has been updated in March 2004 Opposition ARDUF Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front KC Kahane Chai LiJ Force of Jhangvi TWH Takfir Wa Hijra issue of failing states is central to the work of Pax Christi. It is save to say that, DRF Democratic Revolutionary Front ARSDF Afar Red Sea Democratic Front Armed settler groups MJK Mujahideen Jammu & Kashmir UDSF United Democratic Salvation Front other than advocacy work, Pax Christi exploits no activities in the regions on Afghanistan FARF Armed Forces for the Federal Republic DMLK Democratic Movement for the Liberation of SSP Sipah-e-Sahaba this map where the effectiveness of the central government is high. The lower AQ Al Qaeda FNTR Renewed National Chadian Front Kunama Jamaica Tajikistan an area ranks on the scale of effectiveness of the central government, the more AJ Al Jihad MDD Movement for Development and Democracy GPDC Gambella People’s Democratic Congress PNP People’s National Party Palestine authority (quasi-state actors) IMT Islamic Movement of Tajikistan likely you will find Pax Christi to be active there, working side by side with Dilil Invitation to Islamic Unity FANT National Armed Forces of Chad OLF Oromo Liberation Front JLP Jamaica Labour Party AAMB Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (sprung from Fatah) UTO United Tajik Opposition those who plant seeds of peace no matter what the odds. HiW United Party MDJT Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad ONLF Ogaden National Liberation Front DFLP Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Hil Islamic Movement OPLO Oromo People’s Liberation Organisation Kenya IDQB Izz-el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas) Tanzania The issue of failing states gained momentum after the end of the cold war. HiliA Party of Islamic Thunder Chechnya TPLF Tigray People’s Liberation Front IPK Islamic Party of Kenya PFLP Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine CCM Party of the Revolution The two planes hitting the Twin Towers threw the issue of failing states right IP/G Islamic Party 80 different rebel groups (according to chief of staff Russian UOLF United Oromo Liberation Front KPF Kenya Patriotic Front JI Jihad Islami (Islamic Jihad) CUF Civic United Front back in the face of the international community. IP/K Islamic Party army) UOPLF United Oromo People’s Liberation Front M Munguki sect T Tanzim (sprung from Fatah) True, a failing state is foremost a threat to it’s own population, but nowadays Iil Ittihad-i-Islami/Shura-i-Nazar Alliance AAM Al-Ansar Mujahideen M Mwakenya PRC Popular Resistance Committees (many of above Thailand failing states are widely recognised to be more than just ‘their problem’.The Jil Islamic Society Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Georgia SSV Sungu Sungu Vigilantes mentioned groups are operating under the umbrella NPULO New Pattani United Liberation Organisation fertile grounds failing states offer for terrorists to bring their evil schemes to JiM United Front Battalion of FB Forest Brothers of PRCs in Gaza) full blossom and the threat these states pose to regional peace and stability, are NIMA National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan Chechen Martyrs WL White Legion Kyrchyzstan Turkey indeed a threat to the world community as a whole. Therewith these states NiL Islamic Movement Special Purpose Islamic Regiment M Mkhedrioni IMU Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Peru PKK Kurdistan Workers’ Party have grown from being a blind spot to being the world’s focus of attention. NiL Islamic Force Islamic International Brigade SL Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) PiJil Guardians of Islamic Holy War Ghana Laos MRTA Movimiento Revolucionarion Tupac Amaru (Tupac Uganda The World Map of failing States presents a shocking view of failing states. In SiN Organisation for Victory China NDC National Democratic Congress CV Sky Soldiers Amaru Revolutionary Movement) ADF Armed Democratic Forces many parts of the world, the government de facto has no violence-monopoly TM The Seekers (Taliban Movement) Uyguren NPP New Patriotic Party ELOL Ethnic Liberation Organisation of Laos HSMB Holy Spirit Mobile Forces on large parts of its own territory. Although the underlying reasons may be UFA United Front for Afghanistan (Northern Alliance) ULNLF United Lao National Liberation Front Philippines K Karimojong different, it applies for these parts that its citizens live in insecurity and have to UIFSA United Islamic Front for Salvation of Afghanistan Colombia Guatemala ASG Abu Sayyaf Group LRA Lord’s Resistance Army fear for their own and their children’s lives. Since we at Pax Christi believe in AUC United Self-Defence Groups of Colombia URNG Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union Lebanon BMA Bangsa Moro Army MR 10CG Movement for the Restoration of the 10 the strength of people, we have chose not to divide the world into failed states Algeria ELN National Liberation Army IUM Islamic Unification Movement (Tawheed) BMIAF Bangsa Moro Islamic Armed Forces Commandments of God and successful states. Besides, more often than not, states do not fail AKAL Alliance for a Free Kabylia EPL People’s Liberation Army Guinea JI Jihad Islami (Islamic Jihad) BMLO Bangsa Moro Liberation Organisation NALU National Alliance for the Liberation of Uganda completely; rather it looses control over areas of its territory. Therefore the AIS Islamic Salvation Army ERP Revolutionary People’s Army RFDG Rassemblement des Forces Démocratique de LRB Lebanese Resistance Brigades CPP Communist Party of the Philippines UDCA Uganda Democratic Christian Army focus of the World Map of Failing States 2004 is on the process and on the FIDA Islamic Front for Armed Holy War FARC Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Guinees HAMAS Islamic Resistance Movement MCUC Mindanao Christian Unified Command UNLF Uganda National Liberation Front exact areas. DwD Appeal and Struggle IFB Integrated Forces of Bolivar H Hezbollah (Party of God) MILF Moro Islamic Liberation Front WNBF West Nile Border Front FIJ Front of Islamic Jihad ORP People’s Revolutionary Organisation Haiti TwH Takfir wal Hijra MNLF Moro National Liberation Front For, what is a failed state? Many definitions have been formulated throughout GIA Armed Islamic Group PCC First Commando of the Capital Several un-structured armed movements including the Chimeres AaI Ansar al-Islam NCDA New Christian Democratic Army United Kingdom/ Republic of Ireland the years. We found the definition of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs GSPC Salafist Group for Prediction and Combat PCC-ML Communist Party of Colombia Marxist-Leninist NDF National Democratic Front of the Philippines RIRA Real Irish Republican Army (remains potentially very workable. In their request for advice to their think-tank, they defined a MEI Movement of the Islamic State SBCG National Guerrilla Co-ordination Simon Bolivar India Liberia NPA New People’s Army active) failing state as a state MIA Armed Islamic Movement UP Patriotic Union ABM Al Badar Mujahideen LDF Lofa Defence Force CIRA Continuity Irish Republican Army (no cease-fire) (a) unable to control its territory and guarantee the safety of its citizens, by MIPJ Islamic Movement for Spreading the Faith and Holy ATTF All Tripura Tiger Force LUDF Liberian United Defence Forces Rwanda upholding the monopoly on violence War Congo AU Al Umma, al Umar Mujahidin LURD Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy ALIR 1 Army for the Liberation of Rwanda 1 Uzbekistan (b) that is no longer able to uphold its internal legal order MIS Movement for Islamic Society C Cobras BA Borok Army NPLF-W National Patriotic Front of Liberia-Woewiyu ALIR 2 Army for the Liberation of Rwanda 2 HuT Islamic Party of the Liberation (c) that is no longer willing or capable to deliver public services to its SCIAF Supreme Council of the Islamic Armed Forces C Cocoyes BLTF Bodoland Liberation Tiger Forces ULIMO United Liberation Movement for Democracy CDR Coalition for the Defence of the Republic IMU Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan 1 population SDG Self-Defence Groups FI Intervention Force BPCF Black Panther Commander Force FRI Front of Internal Resistance In the outline it is emphasised that the monopoly on violence is a key TwH Takfir wa ‘l Hijra FAR Resistance Self-Defence Forces BTF Bengali Tiger Force Macedonia I Interahamwe (Those Who Stand Together) Vietnam indicator. M Mambas CPI Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist Different ethnic groups (Northern Macedonia) RPA Rwanda Patriotic Army FULRO United Front for the Liberation of the Oppressed Angola MCDDI Congolese Movement for Democracy and GNLF Gurkha National Liberation Front Races We have of course striven for perfection. However, we do not claim to be FLEC Liberation Front of the Cabinda Enclave Integrated Development JKLF Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Malaysia Saudi Arabia exhaustive. We have tried to triangulate as much information as we could FLEC-FAC Liberation Front of the Cabinda Enclave-Cabinda N Ninjas KYKL Manipur Army for Independence AM Brotherhood of Inner Power CPG Combatant Partisans of God Western Sahara possibly find. Using open sources, like reports of many UN–organisations, we Armed Forces NRMC National Resistance Movement of Congo MCC Maoist Communist Center KMM Kumpulan Mujahideen Malaysia JAP Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula POLISARIO Saharawi People’s Liberation Army have asked for world-wide expert opinion, completed with the knowledge of FLEC-R Liberation Front of the Cabinda Enclave-Renewed Z Zulus MPLF Manipur People’s Liberation Front IMC Islamic Movement for Change our partners in many of the lower effectiveness of central government areas of UNITA National Union for the Total Liberation of Angola NDFB National Democratic Front of Bodoland Mexico OIRAP Organisation of Islamic Revolution in the Arab Yemen this map.
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