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Speakers Andy Carl and Jana Javakhishvili

Celebrating a decade of peacebuilding

Conciliation Resources celebrated its 10-year anniversary with an evening event entitled Peacebuilding works: a British foreign policy priority on 2 November 2006.

Co-hosted by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the event brought together more than 100 peace practitioners, policymakers, diplomats, politicians, academics and the media. Our guest speakers were:

We used this opportunity to highlight three recommendations from a decade of our work:

Speakers Kim Howells and Ed Garcia

Speakers Ed Garcia and Dr Kim Howells

 

  • the UK must do more to support policies of inclusion and engagement in peacebuilding processes, even when this involves dealing with non-state actors such as armed groups
  • greater professional and political support is needed for parties involved in peace processes
  • higher priority should be given to enabling civil society groups to play creative roles in peace processes

Read the speeches given by Dr Kim Howells and Andy Carl.