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    PEACEBUILDING DIRECTORY PRESENTED AT THE UN ARMENIA OFFICE

    armradio.am
    12.11.2009 14:02

    Today a peacebuilding portal and a book "The Directory of Peacebuilding
    Organizations in the Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth
    of Independent States" were officially launched at the UN Office
    in Armenia with participation of Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP Deputy
    Resident Representative (UNDP DRR) in Armenia, H.E. Hans-Jochen
    Schmidt, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Armenia,
    and Ms. Dziunik Aghajanian, head of Department of International
    Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
    of Armenia.

    The peacebuilding portal and the publication of the book is a joint
    activity of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
    and UNDP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    of Germany.

    The peacebuilding portal aims to promote collaboration and consultation
    among organizations and individuals working in conflict prevention and
    peacebuilding. It assists those in civil society, local and national
    governments, and the international community with information on a
    specific country or conflict theme, such as peacebuilding, conflict
    management, gender issues, disarmament, environment, development,
    and human rights, in a results based, real time way.

    The publication aims to provide newly collected information in English
    and in Russian about civil society and national organizations in
    the CIS and in CEE working in the field of conflict prevention and
    peacebuilding.

    Welcoming the participants, Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP DRR outlined the
    role of the UN system in the field of conflict prevention in general
    and highlighted in particular UNDP's approach to conflict sensitive
    development. "UNDP has reaffirmed that crisis prevention should be
    integral part of sustainable human development strategies. For UNDP
    "peacebuilding" means the integration of conflict prevention into
    development programmes, building and accompanying national processes
    and institutions for conflict management, and building consensus
    through dialogue" Mr. Boberg said.

    The UNDP DRR stated that a successful preventive strategy depends on
    the cooperation of many actors beyond the UN system and its different
    organs, funds and programs. It includes member states, international,
    regional, and sub-regional organizations, the private sector,
    non-governmental organizations, and other civil society groups who have
    an important role to play. In this context the Peacebuilding Portal
    will play a pivotal role to facilitate information dissemination,
    information exchange, and networking among national and international
    stakeholders.
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