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Source: Caty Clement and Adam C. Smith, eds., International Peace Institute and Geneva Centre for Security PolicyThis report addresses the implicit challenges faced during current UN efforts to integrate UN organizations and activities in the field and strengthen operational processes in peacebuilding and peacekeeping. It confronts the issue of the UN bureaucracy being "overmatched" by the complexity of context-specific and complicated environments. The paper identifies five key challenges relating to planning, leadership, organizational complexity, interagency cooperation, and exit strategy in order to better assess how the UN deals with complex situations.
Source: Sheldon Himelfarb, Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding, USIPThis article reviews what the new United States Army's Field Manual says about media sector development in the context of peace and stability operations, with a special focus on the gaps in its treatment of media development and suggestions to close those gaps.
Source: Veronique Dudouet, Berghof Research CentreThis study compiles comparative findings which have emerged from a previous project where the Centre engaged resistance groups from six different countries to discuss and analyze their respective organisations’ formation, development and experience in conflict transformation, as well as the strategic, organisational and structural shifts entailed by such transitions. The groups are the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa,
Movimiento 19 de Abril (M-19) in Colombia, Communist Party of Nepal – Maoist
(CPN-M) in Nepal, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, Gerakan
Acheh Merdeka (GAM) in Aceh, Indonesia and Sinn Fein in Ireland.
Source: Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL)Being an Act to consolidate, with amendments, the law relating to road traffic and to provide for other related matters.
Source: Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL)Being an Act to consolidate, with amendments, the law relating to road traffic and to provide for other related matters. Repeals the Road Traffic Act, 1964 (No. 62 of 1964).
Source: Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL)Being an act to provide for the imposition and alteration of taxation and for other related matters. Amends the Income Tax Act, 2000, the Sales Tax Act, 1995 and the Government Budgeting and Accountability Act, 2005.
Source: Agence France-PresseThis article describes the gathering of dozens of ex-combatants in Sierra Leone's 10 year civil war for "healing ceremonies" to make peace with victims of the brutal conflict that left thousands dead. The project uses traditional justice system to promote reconciliation and community building.
Source: Awoko NewspaperThis article reports that the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Members of Parliament (MP) have challenged the National Electoral Commission’s boundary delimitation for the 2008 local council elections, arguing that stakeholder consultations should take place to ensure ownership, and consideration should be given to differences in geography, terrain, and socio-economic facilities in addition to population.
Source: Awoko NewspaperThis article reports that Ibrahim Kamara, Health Advisor Plan Sierra Leone stated that while the population’s access to portable water, good sanitation and hygiene in Sierra Leone is still below the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target of 75%, he believed it was possible to achieve by 2015.
Source: Norbert Toé, International Monetary Fund (IMF) This statement describes an IMF mission to Freetown during February 20-March 4, 2008 to review the performance under the three-year arrangement under the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and discuss an economic program for 2008.
Source: Joanne Cotton and Sylvanus Kanyako, Society for Democratic Initiatives, Sierra LeoneThis statement by a Sierra Leone advocacy organization opposes the use of defamation laws to prevent legitimate criticism of public officials, the exposure of official wrongdoing or corruption. It draws attention to this issue through the case of a newspaper editor arrested and detained in February 2008 after publishing a story about questionable investments by a government official in the Koroma government.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of JapanThis statement describes a meeting on January 23, 2008 between Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Ms. Zainab Bangura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone, in Japan. The two ministers discussed cooperation in Sierra Leone's peacebuilding process, especially noting Japan's assistance to Sierra Leone in the energy sector. They also discussed Sierra Leone's support for Japan's candidature for election to non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council.
Source: http://www.peacewomen.org/un/ngo/contact.htmlNGOWG was formed in May 2000 to advocate for a UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) on women, peace and security. The “NGOWG advocates for and monitors the participation of women, prevention of conflict and protection of all civilians, to ensure full and rapid implementation of SCR 1325’s promises.” Users visiting the site will find: information on the working group; literature and reports on the status of women and the UN; and links to its core member organizations.
Source: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/Created in 1997, OSAGI comprises a Principal Social Affairs Office in charge of Gender Mainstreaming and the Focal Point for Women in the Secretariat. “The Office's main objective is to promote and strengthen the effective implementation of the Millennium Declaration, the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) held in Beijing in 1995 and the Outcome Document of the special session of the General Assembly on Beijing+5.” The website includes thematic information on gender mainstreaming and women and security, with a wide range or resources dedicated to each thematic area: these range from links to partner organizations and other initiatives; literature and reports; UN guidelines, toolkits and MAE resources; and event and UN job information.
Source: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/This division “advocates the improvement of the status of women of the world, and the achievement of their equality with men –as equal actors, partners, and beneficiaries of sustainable development, human rights, peace and security.” Collaborating with a wide range of international partners they work to advance the agenda on women’s rights and gender equity. The website provides a wide range of literature and information on: DAV and its activities; violence against women; CSW and relevant charters and UN meetings; expert group meetings; access to official UN publications; organizational statements; and links to partner organizations.
Source: International AlertThis resource pack is a corporate social responsibility educational tool for private sector enterprises. It consists of five sections: introduction; understanding and analyzing stakeholders and context; planning and implementing a CR-centered business model; checking and improving CR strategy and activities, and communicating success; and case studies and additional resources. The goal is to help Small and Medium Enterprises implement their own CR strategies in relation to context, scale, sector, location, and reach.
Source: Geneva Peacebuilding PlatformThis report is an outcome of a consultation held by the GPP on the suggested agenda of the report "Peacebuilding in the Immediate Aftermath of Conflict." The "aim of the consultation was to raise awareness among the Geneva peacebuilding community on the approach suggested in the report and to generate an initial reflection on the operational implications of the report’s recommendations." It includes an overview, a critical assessment of the key recommendations of the report, and a discussion about collaboration between peacebuilding communities and non-state actors.
Source: Clare Castillejo, Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) This paper analyzes women's political participation in Sierra Leone by looking at policy frameworks, international support, the barriers toward participation and the outcomes of increased female political participation. The paper offers recommendations to the donor community on how it can help promote female involvement in politics.
Source: United Nations Security CouncilThis report addresses the challenges of peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict, defined as two years after major conflict has ended. The report is broken down into five sections which outline the issues of national ownership, recurring priorities, efforts taken by the United Nations, an agenda to strengthen UN responses, and the role played by the Peacebuilding Commission.
Source: Peacebuilding Commission, Sierra Leone ConfigurationCo-chaired by the Governments of Sierra Leone and Canada, this special session reiterates political support for the peacebuilding efforts in Sierra Leone. The meeting brought together senior representatives of the Member States, the United Nations and civil society.
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsThis report is an annual submission to the United National Human Rights Council. It outlines progress and challenges for human rights promotion and protection in Sierra Leone. It concludes with recommendations to the Government of Sierra Leone to "complete the constitutional reform process, repeal the Public Order Act (1965) so as to enhance press freedom, enact the draft sexual offences and matrimonial bills, and address the economic and social situation of the people of Sierra Leone."
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