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Since 2008, the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding has worked to establish international objectives in countries affected by conflict and fragility. The first such dialogue that gives fragile states a voice, it defines realistic objectives, sets the agenda for international support for peacebuilding and statebuilding, and helps ensure that the money that goes into fragile states meets specific needs. Read more...
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30-Nov-2011
Today, at the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, a number of countries and international organisations endorsed an agreement on a new global direction for engagement with fragile states. More than 1.5 billion people live in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Caught in cycles of poverty and violence, few of these countries will achieve a single Millennium Development Goal by 2015. The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States sets out five goals — legitimate politics, justice, security, economic foundations and revenues and services — to give clarity on the priorities in fragile states. Read more...
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07-Oct-2011
The Secretariat of the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding extends its congratulations to the President of Liberia, H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on being awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. President Sirleaf shares the award with another Liberian, peace activist Leymah Gbowee, and Yemeni journalist Tawakul Karman. Read more...
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