by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Jun 11, 2006 | Papers, Resources, Self-determination and Solidarity
PRESIDENT Xanana Gusmao may have prophesied when he told fellow East Timorese four years ago that “raising our flag will not mean that malaria will suddenly disappear, or that domestic violence will suddenly end, or that we all will have enough food, education,...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Apr 20, 2006 | Papers, Resources
The complex and interconnected nature of conflicts in southeast Asia has made conflict prevention an urgent call in the region. Too often, peace is broken and development is stopped by outbreaks of unrest and armed violence in the so-called conflict areas...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Mar 29, 2006 | Papers, Peace Process, Resources
The saga of Bud Dahu looms tall in the myths and lives of the Tausugs in Sulu, even if a hundred years after, the process of story telling has only started. “Bud Dahu is only one of the many mountains in the world, but it has conquered world history,” proclaimed Prof....
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Feb 2, 2006 | Papers, Peace Process, Resources
Bantay Ceasefire investigated the reported clashes in Barangays Tapikan, Coloy and Nabundas, Mamasapano town, Maguindanao in January. BC found out, among others, that clash between 105th Base Command MILF-BIAF and 106th Base Command MILF-BIAF on January 25, 2006 in...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Sep 20, 2005 | Papers, Peace Process, Resources
In August 11, 2005, the Mindanao Peaceweavers visited Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari in his prison cell in Fort Sto. Domingo, Sta. Rosa Laguna. It was the group’s second attempt at seeking an audience with Chairman. The first one, in...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Aug 19, 2005 | Papers, Peace Process, Resources
In our contemporary world — when the boundaries between our private understanding of security and the common hunt for terrorists, between our needs and the state’s imperative to control the situation are melting — it is not easy to follow our own...
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