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Latest News and Reports
- June 2009:
  Report on Human Rights Developments in the Peacebuilding Commission in 2008 (International Service for Human Rights)
- 19 May 2009:
  Post-Conflict Peacebuilding- Contemporary Challenges and the Way Forward: Chairs' Comprehensive Report (H.E. Ms. Naela Gabr and Dr. Eamonn McKee, Co-Chairs, Cairo Meeting)
- 18 May 2009:
  Strengthening the Economic Dimensions of Peacebuilding: Four Case Studies (International Alert)
- April 2009:
  Improving Global Donor Cooperation and Coherence in Rule of Law Assistance: An Issues Paper (Rajeev Pillay, Abacus International Management L.L.C.)
- April 2009:
  Civil Society and Peacebuilding: Summary of Results for a Comparative Research Project (Thania Paffenholz, The Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding)
- April 2009:
  An Expanded Mandate for Peacebuilding: The State Department Role in Peace Diplomacy, Reconstruction, and Stabilization (Dane F. Smith Jr., Center for Strategic & International Studies)
- April 2009:
  From War to Politics: Resistance/Liberation Movements in Transition (Veronique Dudouet, Berghof Research Center)
- February 2009:
  In Search of Appropriate Peacemaking/Peacebuilding Paradigm in Dealing with Africa's Intrastate Violent Conflicts: Considering Lederach's Faith-based Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding Approach (Kenneth Obiekwe, Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development)
Recommended Readings
- 18 February 2009:
  If Only There Were a BluePrint: Factors for Success and Failure of UN Peace-building Operations (Jaïr van der Lijn, Journal of International Peacekeeping)
- January 2009:
  Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation: No. 7 Peacebuilding at a Crossroads? (Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management)
- 28 January 2009:
  Outcome Report: Consultation on Promoting Gender Equality in Recovery and Peacebuilding (United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office)
- 10 November 2008:
  Preventing and Resolving Deadly Conflict: What have we learned? (Gareth Evans, ICG)
- July 2008:
  Recovering from War: Gaps in Early Action (NYU Center on International Cooperation)
- February 2008:
  Post-Conflict Recovery: Resource Mobilization and Peacebuilding (James Boyce, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts)

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