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  Red flags flying on the roof of the world

  Eldis News Weblog, 2006

  This commentary by an Eldis editor considers the implications of the Maoist's 'People's War' in Nepal and provides links for further information on conflict.The web log discusses the complexities of Nepal’s conflict and the triage of Monarch, Maoist and Politician which pose a significant hurdle to development agencies and the international community alike.
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  Nepal: electing chaos

  International Crisis Group, 2006

  This document traces the political turmoil surrounding democracy, elections and politics in Nepal. Focusing on the precarious position of the monarch, Maoist rebels and the protesting political parties, the report considers the future for a country engulfed in civil conflict. Various recommendations are offered to all members of the political process.
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  Between two stones: Nepal’s decade of conflict

  Integrated Regional Information Networks, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2005

  This on-line IRIN special provides a collection of lead articles, features, interviews and special testimonies covering various aspects of conflict in Nepal.The document gives an overview of the two main sides of Nepal's conflict, the Royal Nepal Army and Maoists.
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  Humanitarian negotiations with armed groups: a manual for practitioners

  UN, 2006

  This manual provides guidance on humanitarian negotiations with non-State armed groups and is intended for use by humanitarian, development and human rights organizations and by humanitarian personnel tasked with conducting these negotiations.The document stresses that humanitarian negotiations do not in any way confer legitimacy or recognition on armed groups, nor do they mean that the humanit
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  Guidelines on humanitarian negotiations with armed groups

  UN, 2006

  This set of guidelines is intended to provide concise advice and guidance to humanitarian practitioners on how to prepare for and conduct humanitarian negotiations with non-State armed groups.
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  Trans-boundary water cooperation as a tool for conflict prevention and for broader benefit-sharing

  Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2006

  This report analyses to what extent cooperation on trans-boundary water issues may constitute a tool for the prevention of broader conflict and/or the sharing of benefits.
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  Making it work: why the Kimberley Process must do more to stop conflict diamonds

  Global Witness, 2005

  This report considers the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, an agreement set up to eliminate the trade in conflict diamonds.
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  Armed non-state actors and landmines: Volume I: a global report profiling NSAs and their use, acquisition, production, transfer and stockpiling of landmines

  Geneva Call, 2005

  This report maps the role of non state actors (NSAs) in the landmine problem (2003-2005). The report investigates and analyses how NSAs use, acquire, produce, transfer, and stockpile landmines through a presentation of individual group profiles.
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  The effects of conflict on the health and well-being of women and girls in Darfur: situational analysis report: conversations with the community

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This report provides an overview of community perceptions about the risks women and girls currently face in Darfur as a result of the conflict.The study’s main objectives were to gain an increased understanding of how the conflict had affected women and girl’s health; to determine men’s perceptions on how the conflict had affected the health of women and girls , and to gain insight into the ind
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  Rwanda’s ordinary killers: interpreting popular participation in the Rwandan genocide

  London School of Economics (=British Library for Political and Economic Science (BLPES)), 2005

  This paper examines the question of why so many ordinary Hutus participated in the genocidal killing of Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994. The author finds that mass mobilisation was contingent on the fulfilment of two main conditions.Firstly, it required a mindset, the internalisation of a set of historical and ideological beliefs within the Hutu population.

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