ISSUE 41: MARCH-MAY 2006
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Peace breaking out all over, expert tells conference
Despite popular perceptions, the world is actually becoming a more peaceful place, according to a global authority on international conflict speaking at a major international conference at the University of Ulster’s Magee campus.
The event, What Shared Futures? - Local and European Challenges in Diversity and Conflict Management, organised by the Northern Ireland Centre for European Co-operation (NICEC), part of the International Conflict Research centre (INCORE) at the University of Ulster, was held March 23-24 in Limavady, Northern Ireland.
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Monty G. Marshall |
The keynote speaker was Monty G. Marshall, from Washington's George Mason University. The creator and director of several bodies tracking global armed conflict and a core member of the US Government's Political Instability Task Force, Dr. Marshall spoke on global conflict in the 21st Century.
His research into the hard facts of global conflict sharply contradicts much of the rhetoric about the ‘War on Terror’. Contrary to much public perception, the number of armed conflicts worldwide is actually falling and peace processes across the globe are slowly succeeding.
The conference explored what and how Northern Ireland can teach and learn from other troubled areas of Europe including the Basque region, Cyprus, Serbia and Hungary.
The conference, organised by the Diversity and Conflict Management strand of NICEC, combined ideas and policy approaches on citizenship, human rights and 'good relations', drawing together months of low-level meeting and discussions organised by NICEC across Northern Ireland.
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