peace building and sustainable development
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Peace-building is a term describing outside interventions that are designed to prevent the start or resumption of violent conflict within a nation/community by creating a sustainable peace
Peace-building activities address the root causes or potential causes of violence, create a societal expectation for peaceful conflict resolution and stabilize society politically and socioeconomically
Peace-building, peace-making and peace-keeping
Peace-making involves stopping an ongoing conflict
Peace-building happens before a conflict starts or once it ends
Peace-keeping prevents the resumption of conflict; it does not address the underlying causes of violence or work to create societal change, as peace-building does. It also differs from peace-building in that it only occurs after conflict ends, not before it begins
Components of peace-building
Create an environment that supports durable peace
Reconcile opponents Prevent conflict from reoccurring Integrate civil societies Create rule of law mechanisms Address underlying structural and societal
issues
Peace-building must address
Functional Structures
Emotional Conditions
Social Psychology
Social Stability
Rule of Law
Ethics and cultural sensitivities
Three dimensions of peace-building
1st dimension
• Taking away weapons
• Re-integrating former combatants into civilian
society
2nd dimension
• Rebuilding basic facilities, transportation and communication networks, utilities
• Developing rule of law and public administration
• Building educational and health infrastructure
• Providing technical and capacity-building assistance for institutions
• Creating legitimate (democratic ,accountable) state institutions
3rd dimension
• Trauma counselling
• Community dialogue
• Building bridges between different communities
• Increasing human rights
• Gender empowerment
• Raising environmental awareness
• Promoting economic development
• Developing a civil society and private sector that can represent diverse
interests and challenge the state peacefully
What Has Been Done So far to Curb Communal Conflicts in Nigeria
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Group discussion
Group 1: Discuss different ways of Re-integrating
former combatants into civilian society.
Group2: What is the best form of education for
survivors?
Group 3: Suggest ways peace can be maintained
in communities in Nigeria
key to building a long-term sustainable peace.
Respected local figures Public dimension Story-telling and airing of grievances Emphasis on relationships Reliance on local resources
sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable development, if achieved, contributes decisively to the dissipation, if not the elimination, of several primary causes of conflict
If a sustainable development strategy has been successful in terms of the reduction of poverty, the levelling of social inequalities, and the optimum allocation of scarce resources, then certainly many of the situations that exacerbate conflict between different groups, communities, and nationalities will be avoided.
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