Advocacy

Land and minerals - resources for peace?

International Alert's Peace Talks event provides "glimpses of a better future" for DRC

International Alert, in partnership with the School of Global Studies at Sussex University and the Royal Commonwealth Society, held the fifth in its series of Peace Talks events, which was on the subject of "Congolese prospects. Land and minerals – resources for peace?" in London on 12 June.

Watch the discussion here:

Julia Karlysheva
Thu, 27/06/2013

Peacebuilding central to post-2015 development agenda

Alert responds to High Level Panel communique on post-2015 development agenda

Group photo of High-Level Panel on Post-2015 Development AgendaThe panel established by the Secretary General of the United Nations to determine a new global approach to international development has concluded that peacebuilding is a central part of that new vision for human progress.

Chris Underwood, Senior Policy Advisor
Mon, 04/02/2013

Wale Ismail

Sara Batmanglich

Phil Vernon

Dan Smith

Secretary General of International Alert since 2003. Author of The State of the World Atlas, 9th edition due out in January 2013. Formerly: Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group (2010-2011); Director of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (1993-2001); Chair of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (1992-2006). Blogging on international politics on Dan Smith's Blog (www.dansmithsblog.com).

What should replace the UN's Millennium Development Goals?

Alert proposes a radically different approach post-2015

International Alert has called for a radically different approach to the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in our written submission to the UK’s International Development Committee (IDC).

Chris Underwood
Wed, 31/10/2012

UN General Assembly

A view from the sidelines

Here Chris Underwood, Senior Policy Advisor at International Alert, recounts his recent trip to the UN General Assembly in New York.

Chris Underwood, Senior Policy Advisor
Tue, 30/10/2012

Peace and development after 2015

An international statement and Alert's view

This week, fifty organisations from around the world released a document calling for the post-2015 framework which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to include a commitment to conflict prevention and peacebuilding.

Phil Vernon
Thu, 27/09/2012

Post-2015: An agenda for peace and development

A blog post looking ahead to life after the Millenium Development Goals

The debate over what happens after 2015 is beginning to heat up. The Rio+20 conference on sustainable development saw an attempt to develop an alternative set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while the formation of a High Level Panel of World Leaders has focussed minds on what might replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Chris Underwood
Tue, 11/09/2012

Beyond 2015 position paper on Conflict & Disaster

Call to join drafting team

Version en français ci-dessous
Version en español más abajo
 
 
CALL TO JOIN DRAFTING TEAM FOR BEYOND 2015 POSITION PAPER ON CONFLICT & DISASTER
 

Chris Underwood
Wed, 22/08/2012

Justice and legitimacy as key to unlocking peace and development

Alert’s response to the UNDP 2011 Annual Report

This month the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, published its Annual Report for 2011 on the Global Programme on the Rule of Law, a key work strand for the agency. It argues that the way local people see their own governments and the actions of donors is the most important factor in reducing poverty and building peace.

Chris Underwood
Fri, 22/06/2012

Conference on aid effectiveness in fragile contexts in Addis Ababa

The New Deal Framework and Citizens’ Security

International Alert, ISS and OXFAM organised a conference on "Aid effectiveness in Fragile and Conflict-affected Contexts: the New Deal Framework and Citizens’ Security" on 29th and 30th May 2012 in Addis Ababa.

Lulsegged Abebe
Thu, 31/05/2012
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