The Emotional Clash of Civilizations

Such behaviour often led to social disorder or social conflict.

The indifference to such social disorder or social conflict risked communal and armed conflict such as those in Maluku, Central Sulawesi and West Kalimantan as well as armed conflict resulting from separatist movements as in Aceh and Papua.

All human societies have dealt with the fundamental issue of conflict prevention and resolution.

Regretfully, international mediation over the conflicts has yielded no results, and that has led to their prolongation.

Armed conflict had also had a debilitating effect on social integration.

Emphasizing that justice, especially transitional justice in conflict and post conflict societies, is a fundamental building block of sustainable peace,

Good policing has a vital role to play in the prevention of conflict, the preservation of social stability during political crises and the post conflict rehabilitation of societies.

66. Societies that have emerged from conflict have special needs.

Agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women on women's equal participation in conflict prevention, management and conflict resolution and in post conflict peacebuilding (Forty eighth session, March 2004).

They maintained that the conflicts in Romania were inter community rather than ethnic in character.

Convinced that ending impunity is essential if a society in conflict or recovering from conflict is to come to terms with past abuses committed against civilians affected by armed conflict and to prevent future such abuses,

The international community should do all it could to prevent the outbreak of fighting by addressing the socio economic causes of conflict.

Secondly, the international community should concentrate on conflict resolution.

Such conflicts pointed to the urgent need for concerted international efforts to find lasting solutions that addressed the root causes of the conflicts.

And they have made it clear that reconstruction does not simply mean rebuilding the society as it was before the conflict, but also addressing the socio economic causes of the conflict.

Emphasizing that justice, especially transitional justice in conflict and post conflict societies, is a fundamental building block of sustainable peace,

Such conflicts are often unacknowledged by the countries in which they are occurring and by the international community.

Role of civil society in post conflict peacebuilding.

The importance of effective interventions in the area of criminal justice reform in post conflict societies is underscored by the increasing evidence that societies in conflict, post conflict and transitional situations are particularly prone to rapid increases in organized crime, illicit trafficking and corruption.

1. Expresses its steadfast determination to pursue reconciliation processes in those societies that are affected and or divided by conflicts

There is a clash within Islam, which, if the violence in Iraq spreads to neighboring countries, risks causing regional destabilization. There is also a clash that is best described not as being between Islam and the West, but between the secularized world and a growing religious one.

It thus called on Member States and the international community to ensure the protection of civilians, in particular women and children, in conflict and post conflict environments.

It is the only way to prevent them from sliding back into violent conflict.

It is therefore appropriate to encourage the mobilization of civil society in the prevention of conflicts.

That is the result of economic and social threats, as well as of internal conflicts.

The international community should develop mechanisms to assist States in preventing conflicts between communities.

A variety of civil society organizations and groups, such as traditional community organizations, non governmental organizations (NGOs), academe, religious organizations and other social groups have been making their unique contributions, bringing their individual capacities, experience and resources to bear in preventing, mitigating or otherwise addressing causes of conflicts.

Since preventing armed conflicts is feasible and saves money and resources, the international community should shift from reacting to proactively preventing conflict.

Support for practical measures for demobilization and reintegration continued in conflict affected countries and post conflict transitions.

Post conflict reconstruction is ultimately aimed at addressing the root causes of conflict and lays the foundations for social justice and sustainable peace.

The report on the impact of armed conflict on children was testimony to the collective inability to protect children from the various consequences of armed conflict.

These events emphasized the need for the international community to tackle internal conflicts more seriously.

Welcoming the efforts of the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in strengthening the role of the Organization in conflict prevention, confidence building, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and post conflict rehabilitation in member States as well as in conflict situations involving Muslim communities,

Since in this debate we are confining ourselves to the prevention of conflict and the role of civil society, I will focus my comments on three subjects first, the conditions that lead to such conflicts secondly, the action of civil society in the prevention of conflict and finally, phenomena that threaten collective security.

It should receive the full and active cooperation of all parties to conflicts.

(g) Promoting mechanisms for preventing and monitoring social conflicts and their resolution

No one is better placed to spot the early signs of a potential conflict than civil society.

And even in those cases where the roots of a conflict are unquestionably economic and social, the fact remains that the conflict itself is political.

Both countries will cooperate with efforts by the international community to prevent conflicts and normalize the situation in conflict areas around the world.

In collaboration with African conflict transformation practitioners, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs developed thematic training workshops on conflict analysis and early response, conflict sensitive development, mediation and negotiation skills, and conflict management systems design.

Strengthen its work in post conflict management by working with the Peacebuilding Commission

Early recognition of potential conflicts is critical to protecting lives and the social and economic fabric of societies.

This Unit would draw heavily on existing resources within the system and would assist national efforts to re establish the rule of law in conflict and post conflict societies.

These initiatives are practical examples of civil society and governmental and intergovernmental cooperation towards conflict prevention and the pacific settlement of disputes.