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  Threats from non-state actors - how grave, how remedied?

  United Nations and Global Security, 2004

  This paper presents the outcomes of the Roundtable Conference (2004) discussions on the challenges posed to security by non-state actors.
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  The state of the world’s children 1996

  United Nations Children's Fund, 1996

  The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was created 50 years ago in response to the poverty and suffering faced by European children in the aftermath of World War Two. Produced by UNICEF, this document traces the historical evolution of the agency and how it became the most important lobby for children’s rights and well-being all over the world.
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  Vulnerability to malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS infection and disease: Part II: determinants operating at environmental and institutional level

  The Lancet, 2004

  This review, produced by The Lancet, looks at the various factors that influence vulnerability to malaria, tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS infection at environmental and institutional level. It identifies strategies to improve resilience to all three diseases simultaneously, stressing the importance of a cross-sectoral approach.
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  Land, violent conflict and development

  OECD Development Centre, 2004

  This paper looks at the dynamics of land and violent conflict. It states that conflict situations in rural societies deeply affect the politics of land, and that land requires a careful approach by policy makers because it is a central element in the evolution of societies.
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  Classification of natural resources for armed civil conflict research

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2003

  This paper focuses on recent research that identifies natural resource abundance as a factor that significantly increases the risk of conflict.
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  Workshop and policy forum on the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2004

  This paper reports on a conference on internal displacement held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2004.
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  Jammu and Kashmir dispute: examining various proposals for its resolution

  Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2002

  India and Pakistan have fought four open wars, all stemming from the central issue over the control of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Given the fact that the security paradigm has been completely changed with the unveiling of nuclear arsenals on both sides of the border, this five-decade long conflict has disastrous possibilities if ignored.
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  South Asia: counter-terrorism policies and postures after 9/11

  Institute for Conflict Management, India, 2004

  India has been engaged in counter-terrorism efforts since the 1980s, having diverted massive amounts of financial and military resources towards addressing low-intensity conflicts that characterise terrorist activities. There has, however, been no coordinated policy-level effort to address the issue of counter-terrorism, and most of India’s reactions to events has been ad-hoc.
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  Understanding Nepal Maoists' demands: revisiting events of 1990

  Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India, 2003

  The Maoist insurgency which began in February 1996 is the major security challenge facing Nepal, having affected almost all the 75 districts of the country. The Maoists' core demands-an interim government, an elected Constituent Assembly to frame a new Constitution, a republican state-revolve around issues which seemed to have been settled in the 1990 Constitution.
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  Rise of religious parties in Pakistan: causes and prospects

  Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India, 2003

  In the October 2002 general elections, religious parties and two Provincial Assemblie (those of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Baluchistan) made inroads into the National Assembly. A conglomeration of six parties, the Muttahida Majilis-e-Amal (MMA) emerged as a new political force and a political alternative to the PPP and PML-Nawaz (PML-N).

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