The United Nations, Group of Friends and the Resolution of Conflict

• Forschungsstelle: AIS
• Projektnummer: 2003EDA04
• Projekttitel Englisch: The United Nations, Group of Friends and the Resolution of Conflict

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

UN group of friends

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

Theresa Witfield, a well-known expert on UN affairs, will draft the study as a result of a two-year research project. The study will provide comparative analysis of the instances in which the group of friends mechanism has been employed to further United Nations peacemaking. The study will include a series of observations regarding the circumstances within which "friends" groups may be most usefully engaged within a peace process and how the process may be structured to do so. These observations will have both policy relevance both for officials at the United Nations and for representatives of member states who have or might become engaged as "friends" of a particular process.

Swizterland is only paying a fraction of the total costs of this study.

Projektziele (Englisch)

To publish this paper in late 2003/early 2005 and present the paper and its findings in early 2005 at the occasion of a Policy Forum of the International Peace Academy in New York.

Abstract (Englisch)

For further information, please contact the Centre for international security policy at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Berne

Umsetzung und Anwendungen (Englisch)

To be used by all interested parties within the Swiss department of foreign affairs