PBSO resources list Regional Approaches to Peacebuilding Note: This is an abridged list prepared for the 8 June 2007 PBC meeting. All coloured underlined publication titles are active hyperlinks (Ctrl + click) Documents are listed in reverse date order, not order of importance. UN Documents Report of the Secretary-General on Ways to Combat Subregional and Cross- Border Problems in West Africa, S2004/200, March 2004, http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n04/260/27/pdf/n0426027.pdf?ope nelement Security Council Resolution 1459 Supporting the Kimberley Process, January 2003, http://www.un.org/docs/sc/unsc_resolutions03.html Security Council resolution 1467 Proliferation of small arms and light weapons and mercenary activities: threats to peace and security in West Africa, January 2003, http://daccess-ods.un.org/tmp/982159.8.html Regional Instruments Small Arms The Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control and Reduction of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa. April 2004, measur_pdf/africa/20040421_nairobi_protocol.pdf Ministerial Declaration for Improved Capacity for Action on SALW in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa. April 2004, measur_pdf/africa/20040421_nairobi_declaration.pdf Ministerial Declaration - The First Ministerial Review Conference of the Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa. August 2002, measur_pdf/africa/20020808_nairobi_declaration.pdf Protocol on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, August 2001, measur_pdf/africa/20010814_sadc_protocol.pdf
Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons, December 2000, measur_pdf/africa/20001201_bamako_declaration.pdf ECOWAS Adopts Curriculum to Control the Flow of Small Arms, ECOWAS, August 2000, measur_pdf/africa/20000831_ecowas_pressrelaese.pdf International Symposium on the Roles of Subregional and Non-Governmental Organizations in Conflict Prevention and Peace Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa, Chairman s Summary Report, March 2000, http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/issueareas/measures/measur_pdf/i_ measur_pdf/un_doc/o_un_doc/mis/a_55_70.pdf Refugees The Addis Ababa Document on Refugees and Forced Population Displacements in Africa, Adopted by the OAU/UNHCR Symposium on Refugees and Forced Population Displacements in Africa, September 1994,, http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/refugee2.htm Implementation of the OAU / UN Conventions and domestic legislation concerning the rights and obligations of refugees in Africa, Final Report of Seminar., Oxford University Refugees Studies Program, 1986, http://fmo.qeh.ox.ac.uk/fmo/reader/viewdoc.asp?path=oxford/1607/07/10&bo okkey=oxford/1607/07/10/ar00100.xml&bookcollection=fmo Case/Country Studies NEPAD: African Initiative, New Partnership?, Dorina A. Bekoe and Chris Landsberg, IPA, April 2002, http://www.ipacademy.org/pdfs/nepad.pdf Peacebuilding in Eastern Africa, Program on Developing Regional and Sub- Regional Security Mechanisms in Africa, IPA, December 2002, www.ipacademy.org/pdfs/building%20peace.pdf Peace, Security and Governance in the Great Lakes Region, Dorina A. Bekoe, IPA, December 2003, www.ipacademy.org/pdfs/peace_security_1.pdf
The Infrastructure of Peace in Africa: Assessing the Peacebuilding Capacity of African Institutions, Juma, M. & Mengistu, IPA, 2002, www.ipacademy.org/publications/archive/policy-papers Politics of Regionalism in Southern Africa, Christopher Mulaudzi, Institute for Global Dialogue, April 2006, http://www.igd.org.za/downloads/igd%20occasional%20paper%2051.pdf Regional Approaches to the Reconstruction of Afghanistan, Rubin B.R. et. Al., Conference Summary, Center on International Cooperation, June 2002, http://www.cic.nyu.edu/archive/pdf/rcf-istanbul.pdf Regional Conflict Formation in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: Structure, Dynamics and Challenges for Policy, Rubin B.R. et. Al., Conference Report, Center on International Cooperation & Africa Peace Forum, November 2001, http://www.cic.nyu.edu/archive/pdf/rcf_nairobi.pdf Conference Report: Rethinking Peace, Coexistence and Security in the Great Lakes Region, Johan Cels, Commission on Human Security, April 2002, http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/activities/outreach/rwanda_rep.pdf Comparative Perspectives on Regional Security Co-operation amongst Developing Countries, Gavin Cawthra, Center for Security Sector Management Cranfield University, 2003, http://www.ssronline.org/document_result.cfm?id=495 Regional dimensions of conflict and peace-building in contemporary Africa, Timothy M. Shaw, Institute of Commonwealth Studies University of London, Journal of International Development, April 2003, 14:4, 487-498 Regional Issues in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan, Barnett R. Rubin and Andrea Armstrong, World Policy Journal, Spring 2003, or available http://www.cic.nyu.edu/archive/pdf/wpj_afghanistan.pdf Multilateral and Regional Approaches to Security Sector Reform: Lessons for the Development of a UN SSR Concept, Report from the Roundtable co-organized by Slovakia and Canada, with the assistance of DCAF, December 2006, http://www.dcaf.ch/unssr/multilateral-regional-approaches-security-sector-reformlessons-united-nations.pdf Afghanistan. Peacebuilding in a Regional Perspective, Arne Strand, Kristian Berg Harpviken and Astri Suhrke, Chr. Michelsen Institute, 2004, http://www.cmi.no/publications/publication/?1788=afghanistan-peacebuilding-ina-regional
Thematic sources Small arms West Africa Small Arms Moratorium: High-Level Consultations on the Modalities for the Implementation of PCASED, Seck, Jacqueline, UNIDIR/UNRCPDA, 2000, http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/issueareas/measures/measur_pdf/u NIDIR Moratorium.pdf Strengthening Small Arms Controls: An Audit of Small Arms Control Legislation in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa, Flew, Catherine and Angus Urquhart SaferAfrica and Saferworld, 2004, http://www.saferworld.org.uk/publications.php?id=41 Natural resources Tackling Conflict Diamonds: The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Clive Wright, International Peacekeeping, Winter 2004, Vol.11, No.4, p.697-708 War Economies in a Regional Context Overcoming the Challenges of Transformation, Kaysie Studdard, IPA, March 2004, http://www.ipacademy.org/pdfs/wareconomies.pdf Transforming a Peace Liability into a Peace Asset, UN Experts Group Meeting on Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa, June 2006, www.un.org/africa/osaa/reports/egm%20natural%20resouces%20and%20co nflict%20in%20africa.pdf Human trafficking and Refugees African Union: a new opportunity for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa, Amnesty International, June 2002, http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engior630022002 African Union: from unity to union, Bakwesegha, Martha, Conflict Trends, no. 2/2001, http://www.accord.org.za/ct/2001-2.htm No solutions in sight: the problem of protracted refugee situations in Africa, Crisp, Jeff, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 75, January 2003, http://www.unhcr.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=research&id=3e2d66c34&page=research
Durable solutions to the refugee problem in Africa: an elusive subject, Gasarasi, Charles P., 1991 Reflections on refugees, humanitarian assistance and peace-building in Africa, Ibeanu, O. Okechukwu, 1995, http://fmo.qeh.ox.ac.uk/fmo/reader/viewdoc.asp?path=oxford/1606/12/09&bo okkey=oxford/1606/12/09/ar00100.xml&bookcollection=fmo Governance and Human Rights The Regional Crisis and Human Rights Abuses in West Africa, Human Rights Watch, June 2003, http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/africa/wafrica/wafricahumanrights.htm General Resources: Books, Chapters and Articles War Economies in a Regional Context: Challenges of Transformation, Michael Pugh et al., Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004 Exploring Sub-regional Conflict: Opportunities for Conflict Prevention, Chandra Sriram and Zoe Nielsen, eds, Lynne Rienner Publishers, August 2004 West Africa s Security Challenges: Building Peace in a Troubled Region, Adekeye Adebajo & Ismail Rashid, eds., Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004 From Cape to Congo: Southern Africa s Evolving Security Challenges, Mwesiga Baregu and Christopher Landsberg, eds., Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003 Making the Case for a Regional Approach to Peacebuilding, Necla Tschirgi, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 2002, Vol.1, No.1, p.25 The Political Economy of New Regionalisms, Marchand M.H. et al., 1999, Third World Quarterly, 20, 5:897-909