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PEACE & SECURITY

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News

News

Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) -
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
http://www.irinnews.org/homepage.asp

ReliefWeb -
A project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf

Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - RADIO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
http://www.irinnews.org/radio/Default.asp

Listservs

Peacebuild Listserv - Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (CPCC)
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/peacebuild

Instruments

International

Charter of the United Nations - Purposes and Principles
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/ch-chp1.htm

Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/73.htm

Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/65.htm

Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/70.htm

Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding,
Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/77.htm

Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/92.htm

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,
and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/93.htm

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,
and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/94.htm

Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/treaties/opac.htm

Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women and Peace and Security
http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=S/RES/1325%20(2000)&Lang=E&Area=UNDOC

Regional

Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (July 2002)
(PDF)http://www.africa-union.org/Official_documents/...

Documents

In Brief

The UN in Brief - United Nations
http://www.un.org/Overview/brief.html

Image and Reality .about the UN - United Nations Department of Public Information
http://www.un.org/geninfo/ir

Questions and Answers on United Nations Peacekeeping - United Nations Department of Public Information.
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/ques.htm

Dossier : Concertation « Comprendre et agir pour une paix juste » -
Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI) - Mars 2003
http://www.aqoci.qc.ca/ComprendreEtAgir/Fiches.asp (available only in French)

- Sécurité et paix
(en PDF) http://www.aqoci.qc.ca/ComprendreEtAgir/Documents/Fiches/Paix.pdf
(en MS Word) http://www.aqoci.qc.ca/ComprendreEtAgir/Documents/Fiches/Paix.doc
(en html) http://www.aqoci.qc.ca/ComprendreEtAgir/Documents/Fiches/Paix.html


- Sécurité et droits humains
http://www.aqoci.qc.ca/ComprendreEtAgir/Documents/Fiches/DroitsHumains.pdf
http://www.aqoci.qc.ca/ComprendreEtAgir/Documents/Fiches/DroitsHumains.doc
http://www.aqoci.qc.ca/ComprendreEtAgir/Documents/Fiches/DroitsHumains.html

- Recommandations au Gouvernement canadien / juin 2002
Dix-sept recommandations au gouvernement canadien pour servir la cause de la paix et de la sécurité au pays et dans le monde
http://www.aqoci.qc.ca/ComprendreEtAgir/G8_Recommandations.asp
http://www.aqoci.qc.ca/ComprendreEtAgir/Documents/G8_recommandations.pdf

- Jeu-questionnaire : vivre à l'abri de la peur
Programme de la sécurité humaine du ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international
http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/jeunesse_youth_quiz-fr.asp

Freedom From Fear Quiz
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade ( DFAIT) - Human Security Program
http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/jeunesse_youth_quiz-en.asp

Publications

Human Rights Watch World Report 2004 - Human Rights and Armed Conflict
http://hrw.org/wr2k4

The Human Right to Peace
Declaration by the Director-General of UNESCO, Federico Mayor, January 1997
http://www.unesco.org/general/eng/whatsnew/decl.eng.html

United Nations - Photo - Peacekeeping
http://www.un.org/av/photo/peacekp.htm

United Nations - Photo - Refugee
http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/refugees.htm

Children & Armed Conflict - United Nations - World Chronicle #888 ( 22 January 2003 ):
With guest, Mr. Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children & Armed Conflict.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 28min]
http://www.un.org/webcast/unwc030122.ram

"Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations "
The fifty-sixth Annual Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),
8-10 September 2003
Programme : http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/56conf.htm
[Webcast: Closing Statements - 10/09/03 - 36 minutes] 10 September 2003 http://www.un.org/webcast/ngo030910pm.ram

NGO Conference Workshop: Africa 's Civil Society and Human Security,
10 September 2003
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1hr 19 minutes ] http://www.un.org/webcast/workshop030910.smil

Asian Human Rights Charter - A Peoples' Charter - The Right to Peace
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) , Updated on 30 March, 1998
http://www.ahrchk.net/charter/mainfile.php/eng_charter/61

Security for whom? A Human Rights response
Amnesty International Report 2003, Secretary General's message
http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/message-eng

Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism.
Briefing to the 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, January 29, 2004  - Human Rights Watch - Special Focus
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/01/29/global7127.htm

Human Security Now - Report of the Commission on Human Security
http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/finalreport/FinalReport.pdf

The Right to Peace
By Ana Elena Obando, Women's Human Rights Net ( WHRnet ), May 2003
http://www.whrnet.org/docs/issue-peace.html

Women2000: Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict: United Nations Response
Women2000 (April 1998) - UN Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/cover.htm

Rights and Democracy

A Global Structure for Peace and Security,
Montreal , February 26, 2003
http://serveur.ichrdd.ca/english/commdoc/prelease/irakOp-edEng.html/irakOp-edEng.html

Promoting Human Rights and Democracy in the Context of Terrorism and the Security State,
Prepared for Rights & Democracy's Think Tank -- May 30, 2002 . By Iris Almeida, Lloyd Lipsett
http://serveur.ichrdd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/intHRadvocacy/thinkTank2002Eng.html

War, Terrorism, and Human Rights. The Lessons of September 11 ,
Professor Makau Mutua, Dr. Willy Mutunga - 2002
http://serveur.ichrdd.ca/english/prog/intHRadvocacy/terrorismLetterMutungaMutuaEng.html

In the Shadow of The Law.
A Report by the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) in response to Justice Canada 's 1st annual report on the application of the Anti-Terrorism Act (Bill C-36). May 14, 2003
http://serveur.ichrdd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/intHRadvocacy/civilLibertiesReport.html

Where Are The Girls? Girls in fighting forces in Northern Uganda , Sierra Leone and Mozambique : Their lives during and after war
By Susan McKay and Dyan Mazurana, Rights & Democracy, March 2004.
http://www.ichrdd.ca/frame2.iphtml?...

Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Report of Rights & Democracy's Mission to Afghanistan September 2002. Prepared by Ariane Brunet and Isabelle Solon Helal. December 6, 2002
http://serveur.ichrdd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/women/afghanMissionEng.html

Data Bases

Les principaux conflits des années 1990
by Philippe Rekacewicz, Le Monde diplomatique, January 2000
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/cartes/conflitsmdv49 (available only in French)

UNHCR - Statistics
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/statistics

Le flot montant des réfugiés dans le monde
by Philippe Rekacewicz, Le Monde diplomatique, Janvier 2000
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/cartes/refugiesmdv49 (available only in French)

Peace Institutes Database - UNESCO,
Social and Human Sciences Documentation Centre
http://titania.unesco.org/peace/PeaceWEBintro.shtml

Who is doing what ?

References Websites and Networks

Human Security Network (HSN)
http://www.humansecuritynetwork.org/menu-e.php

The International Network for the Promotion of Human Security and Peace
http://www.unesco.org/securipax

Enduring Freedoms
Reporters without borders and partners
http://www.enduring-freedoms.org/summary.php3

Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee - (CPCC)
http://www.peacebuild.ca/index.php3?language=english

Gender and Peacebuilding Working Group - CPCC
http://www.peacebuild.ca/working/?load=gender

Without borders

UNESCO Artists for Peace
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=8843&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Institutions / NGOs

Commission on Human Security
http://www.humansecurity-chs.org

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
http://www.icrc.org/eng

United Nations Association Canada (UNAC) - Peace and Security Links
http://www.unac.org/en/library/research/peace.asp

Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
http://www.peaceoperations.org/en/home.html

United Nations

United Nations - Peace and Security
http://www.un.org/peace/index.html

UNIFEMs Portal on Women, Peace & Security
http://www.womenwarpeace.org

Canadian Departments and Agencies

Canada 's Human Security Website
http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/menu-en.asp

Canadian International Development Agency - Peacebuilding
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/peac

Women, Peace, & Security Experiencing War Differently -
Canada 's Human Security Website
http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/civilians_femmes-en.asp

Individuals

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
http://www.nobel.no/eng_lau_list.html

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and the United Nations -
Nobel Peace Prize 2001
http://www.un.org/av/special/nobelprize

John Humphrey Freedom Award
http://www.ichrdd.ca/frame2.iphtml?

Action Area

International Days and Years

21 September International Day of Peace

2001-2010 International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World

8 March United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace

29 May International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

20 June World Refugee Day

24 October United Nations Day

6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

16 November International Day for Tolerance

25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

29 November International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

10 December Human Rights Day

Action Now !

Control Arms Campaign - Amnesty international
http://www.controlarms.org/index.htm

International Day of Peace Vigil (21 September)
http://www.idpvigil.com