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Die 1992 in El Salvador nach zwölfjährigem Bürgerkrieg durch Vermittlung der UN geschlossene Friedensvereinbarung kann als Musterbeispiel für eine aktive Rolle der Vereinten Nationen bei der dauerhaften Lösung interner Konflikte gesehen werden. Die Aktivitäten der UN Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL), deren Aufgabe es ist, die Festigung des Friedens durch die Stärkung innerer Strukturen zu erleichtern, werden untersucht. Dieses Konzept des "post-conflict-peace-keeping" wird im einzelnen dargestellt und analysiert. Es zeigt sich, daß die Phasen des "Friedenschaffens" (peace-making) und der "Friedensentwicklung" (peace-building) eng miteinander verknüpft sind. (AuD-Hng)

Reviews contributions of NATO's IFOR/SFOR peacekeeping forces to implementation of the Dayton peace accords.

PART I: A CRITICAL VIEW ON 'GLOBAL' LIBERAL PEACEBUILDING AND STATEBUILDING. - 1. Introduction: The Way of Terrain 3. - 2. Challenging Liberal Peacebuilding as Part of Liberal Internationalism 18. - PART II: LESSONS FROM THE SRI LANKAN CASE: 2002-09. - 3. Evolution of the Sri Lankan Conflict up to 2002 55. - 4. Sri Lanka's Recent Peace Process and a Military Termination to the Conflict 89. - 5. External Involvement in Sri Lanka's 2002 Peace Process 117. - PART III: THE REGION TO THE FORE: EXTERNAL INVOLVEMENT IN ASIA. - 6. Regional Power Shifts in Asia: External Involvement in Intra-State Conflicts 153. - 7. The Case of Myanmar: What Role for the Region? 173. - PART IV: CONCLUSION. - 8. Conclusion: What Indeed is Good and Appropriate 207

As peace operations become the primary mechanism of conflict management used by the UN and regional organizations, understanding their problems and potential is essential for a more secure world. In this revised and updated second edition, Paul Diehl and Alexandru Balas provide a cutting-edge analysis of the central issues surrounding the development, operation, and effectiveness of peace operations. Among many features, the book:Traces the historical development of peace operations from their origins in the early 20th century through the development of modern peacebuilding.

This article the potential of the Indonesian diaspora as an agent of peace in Malaysia. The Indonesian diaspora in Malaysia, for both Indonesia and Malaysia, is the largest diaspora in Malaysia. Sometimes, the large number of the diaspora in a country can cause problems of prejudice, and concerns that lead to security problems. But on the other hand, the size of the diaspora can also have the opportunity to be an integrative factor that can give birth to peace. Data on the dynamics of the Indonesian diaspora in Malaysia were obtained from primary sources, as well as focus group discussions, interviews, and official data from the government.This article finds that a large number of Indonesian diaspora and the establishment of mutualistic relationships at the government and government levels, as well as at the community and community level over a long period of time, contributes to the high role of the Indonesian diaspora in building social cohesion and peace in Malaysia.

Agencies throughout the development, humanitarian, political and defence fields have recently endorsed the centrality of state institutions in post-war peacebuilding. But how can external actors go about peacebuilding in a way that reinforces effective and legitimate states without doing harm? Drawing on an International Peace Institute project, this article calls into question the assumption that peacebuilding can be boiled down to building state institutions. The article argues that the process of building states can actually undermine peace, postulating five tensions between peacebuilding and statebuilding even as it asserts that strong state institutions remain crucial for consolidating peace. Identifying three crucial state functions for peacebuilding, the article emphasises the complex interrelationships among legitimacy, state capacity and security in post-conflict societies. Adapted from the source document.

It has been observed that when people think in dissimilar ways and are not willing to compromise at all, conflict arises. Preventing conflict and building peace are long term processes that need to be sustainable for the full realization of human rights. In order to sustain peace there is need to prevent conflicts. The changing nature of conflicts presents new threat to man, hence the expanded number of situations to address. But since conflict emanates from the mind, it makes good sense to look at ways by which the mind could be trained to become restful. Music as an art that works on the mind has a role to play here. Music education is not only useful in preventing conflicts but in sustaining peace. The focus of this paper is to establish the role of music in resolving a spectrum of social and political crisis in the contemporary world. It examines the materials and practices of music making to reveal how music and performance can be used to nurture cultural awareness among communities in conflict in Nigeria. It discovers that music is a vehicle to promote conflict resolution, peace building and to build awareness of the necessity of peace and avoid future conflict. It recommends music education programmes to build capacity by developing and enriching knowledge, skills and values that prevent conflicts and promote a culture of peace. DOI:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n2p703