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Welcome to the Web site for the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (CNCR). The Center is part of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, located at Civic Square, New Brunswick, New Jersey. CNCR is at the forefront of a movement that believes disputes can be settled by constructive negotiation and consensus-building and problem-solving approaches instead of by force or adversarial argument.
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The U.N. Secretary General is committed to improving the capacity of the U.N. to strengthen mediation support activities. He announced that he is enhancing the organization's mediation capacity both at headquarters and in the field, as well as supporting regional and national mediation efforts as part of his broader call for "a diplomacy of peace." The attached reports provide detail on those initiatives.
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Summary In its resolution 70/304, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Assembly at its seventy-second session on United Nations activities in support of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution. The present report…
In order to achieve a nuclear-free world, we need to achieve nuclear weapons disarmament. The U.N. treaty negotiated last month could, at least, serve as a statement of global intent.
Japan Marks Hiroshima Anniversary, With North Korea on Its Mind
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Amid ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the American bombing, fears over a fast-advancing nuclear program rose jarringly to the surface.
A significant loss to peace, a life well-lived.
In Memoriam: Virginia M. “Ginny” Bouvier
usip.org
It is with the deepest sadness that the U.S. Institute of Peace mourns the passing of our beloved colleague Virginia M. “Ginny” Bouvier, the institute’s senior advisor for peace processes. Ginny passed away July 29, surrounded by her family, after a prolonged illness.
Treaty negotiations to protect areas in waters beyond national jurisdictions are poised to take place under U.N. auspices. Critical questions include how to choose areas to protect; how much of the ocean to set aside as sanctuaries; how much human activity to permit, where and how; and, not least, how to enforce new reserve protections. Not a task for the faint-hearted by any means, but, given the national and commercial interests competing for access, there is a compelling need for acceptable limits and governance. Only negotiations, with superb facilitation, are likely to produce results that all 193 countries that make up the U.N. General Assembly will agree to, implement and enforce.
Nations Will Start Talks to Protect Fish of the High Seas
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After years of plunder, countries will begin treaty talks at the United Nations to create marine reserves in international waters.
The dividends of peace: FARC joins the Colombian government to wean farmers off coca--for cocaine--one of the first collaborations ever between the old enemies. Other crops are substituted and incentives are provided to switch from coca (such as electricity). The government is no longer focused on war with the rebels, moreover, so it can finally build the roads and infrastructure to create markets for legal crops, while delivering a finishing blow to the remaining drug traffickers. It won't be easy but this plan supports and sustains the peace and offers distinct benefits to people emerging from decades of violent conflict, strife and fear.
After Decades of War, Colombian Farmers Face a New Test: Peace
nytimes.com
The FARC rebels have disarmed and joined the government to wean farmers off illicit crops. But in poor villages, the lure of drug money is still strong.