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Introduction -- Iraq: peace initiative in the Triangle of Death -- Iraq: facilitation in Diyala Province -- Kosovo: promoting ethnic coexistence -- Religion: inter- and intrafaith dialogue -- Colombia: civil society dialogues for peace -- Nigeria: dialogue in the Delta -- Nepal: justice and security -- Conclusion

Intro -- RELIGIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEACEMAKING -- RELIGIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEACEMAKING -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- End Notes -- Chapter 1 WHAT FAITH-BASED DIPLOMACY CAN OFFER IN KASHMIR -- Recommendations for the Kashmir Peace Process -- Chapter 2 BRINGING RELIGIOUS LEADERS TOGETHER IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE -- The Alexandria Process -- Commitment to Peace -- Chapter 3 ESTABLISHING THE PREMIER INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION IN IRAQ -- Creating the Iraqi Institute of Peace -- Chapter 4 MEDIATING BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA -- Religious Peacemaking Negotiations -- Celebrating Peace -- Chapter 5 TRAINING PEACEMAKERS: RELIGIOUS YOUTH LEADERS IN NIGERIA -- Intrareligious Reorientation -- Interreligious Session -- Muslim-Christian Joint Communiqué -- Chapter 6 INTRAFAITH AND INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN -- Conference Agreement and Recommendations for Peace -- Conference Lessons Learned -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Chapter 7 PEACEMAKING THROUGH INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE IN MACEDONIA -- End Notes -- CONCLUSION -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ABOUT THE INSTITUTE -- Board of Directors -- Members Ex Officio -- Other Titles in the Peaceworks Series -- Of Related Interest -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

Of the rising tide of refugees in the world, the greatest number originate from Ethiopia. The largest continent consists of those from the Ogaden who have fled to Somalia, followed by Eritreans who have sought refuge in the Sudan. Out of a total of 520,000 refugees in the Sudan at the end of 1981, approximately 425,000 are Ethiopians or Eritreans, with the much larger number being Eritreans. The Eritreans have fled their homes to escape the prolonged warfare between the Ethiopian forces and the Eritrean liberation movements, a conflict which dates back to 1962.

A confluence of three sorts of factors has made the past eightteen months a particularly appropriate period for the Ford Foundation to reconsider the magnitude and character of its support for research and training in the United States on the Middle East and Africa. The first of these is that dramatic developments during the past two years involving the Middle East and Africa have heightened public awareness of the critical impact events in these regions will have on the world. The second factor is that the Foundation's program of general support to meet the core operating costs of African studies centers and Middle East studies centers has drawn to a close. Third, faced with the prospect of drastically reduced budgetary resources, the Foundation staff has had to confront the question of which of its activities should survive or be reshaped in the face of competing claims on scarcer resources. Transcending these three factors and less directly tied to the exigencies of the time is the conviction on the part of the Foundation that there is creative and important work to be done in this sphere and that the Foundation's staff needs to think hard about past activities and future possibilities so that valuable opportunities do not pass us by.