...Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Paper By Jeffrey K. Kelley University of Phoenix Psy/400 Professor Sherri Sedler Biblical Tips and Tools for Conflict resolution: Conflict is all around us, in our homes, churches, communities and work environment. How we handle each conflict will determine whether we strengthen our relationship or break it up. Each situation can be dealt with in a way that can bring healing to a relationship instead of animosity and further pain. Often conflict is looked upon as a negative experience that many refuse to take part in because of poor conflict management skills but if both parties are willing to sit down and talk it can have a positive outcome. When conflict is dealt with correctly and successfully from the start then there will be a greater understanding from each individual involved and an increased likelihood of unity and an improved relationship. “It strikes me as a bit more than ironic that theological education requires certification in Pastoral counseling but absolutely no training in conflict management.” Dr. David Roozen. The Disturbing Trend in the USA Research conducted by the Barna Group has revealed two stunning facts: (1) not only is the majority of the nation's non-churched population comprised of people who consider themselves Christians, but that (2) about four out of ten of these stopped attending due to a "painful" or otherwise "negative" ordeal. Moreover, the problem is getting worse. Based on current...
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...Conflict Resolution and Peace Making Paper Conflict Resolution and Peace Making Paper Conflict resolution and Peace Making can be implemented in any subject and topic. One of the nation’s most popular topics would be women and the Equality of the sexes. Women have fought for equality of the sexes for many years. I’m sure I can speak for several woman when I say we will continue to fight. There was an article released on the Himalayan Times titled 'Women's participation a must for a comprehensive peace process'. This article discussed many of the conflicts women deal with on a daily basis such as political decision making, domestic violence, and being in the armed forces And, what proper measures to take to take to make the peace making process a little bit easier. Woman have been fighting a battle with the male species for a long time. It is a battle which has not been won but improved in a major way. To give a brief description woman began to fight for equality in the mid 1900’s. Women wanted the right to be treated just as equal as man. During that day in time women were expected to be at home caring for the children and cooking and cleaning and doing as her husband told her, it was socially acceptable to work as nurses or sectaries. Men begin to take advantage of the authority given to them. Some men begin to be abusive to woman, not always on a physical level but an emotional level. The battle started when woman wanted to be able to help provide for their homes, and felt...
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...Conflict Resolution and Peace Making Paper Conflict Resolution and Peace Making Paper Conflict resolution and Peace Making can be implemented in any subject and topic. One of the nation’s most popular topics would be women and the Equality of the sexes. Women have fought for equality of the sexes for many years. I’m sure I can speak for several woman when I say we will continue to fight. There was an article released on the Himalayan Times titled 'Women's participation a must for a comprehensive peace process'. This article discussed many of the conflicts women deal with on a daily basis such as political decision making, domestic violence, and being in the armed forces And, what proper measures to take to take to make the peace making process a little bit easier. Woman have been fighting a battle with the male species for a long time. It is a battle which has not been won but improved in a major way. To give a brief description woman began to fight for equality in the mid 1900’s. Women wanted the right to be treated just as equal as man. During that day in time women were expected to be at home caring for the children and cooking and cleaning and doing as her husband told her, it was socially acceptable to work as nurses or sectaries. Men begin to take advantage of the authority given to them. Some men begin to be abusive to woman, not always on a physical level but an emotional level. The battle started when woman wanted to be able to help provide for their homes, and felt...
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...INTRODUCTION In the United Nations charter for maintenance of international peace and security, the Security Council has primary responsibility to play in that. It is for Security Council to determine when and where a UN peacekeeping operation should be deployed. The Security Council response to crises around the world on a case by case basis and it has a range of options at its disposal. It takes many different factors into accounts considering the establishment of new peace operation including: i. whether there is a ceasefire in place and the parties have committed themselves to a peace process intended to reach a political settlement ii. Whether a clear political goal exists and whether it can be reflected in the mandate iii. Whether a precise mandate for a UN operation can be formulated iv. Whether the safety and security of UN personnel can be reasonably ensured, including in particular whether reasonable guarantees can be obtained from the main parties or factions regarding the safety and security of UN personnel The changing role of the United Nations includes the following. Conflict resolution, conflict prevention, women peace security Collective security, disarmament, peace building, and The development of new international arrangement to promote peace stability and the general welfare among others. ROLES OF UNITED NATIONS IN MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND SECURITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION Many international controversies do not even come before the UN because the parties...
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...2. ‘The issue of territory has remained the key stumbling block to a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.’ How accurate is this statement? The Arab-Israeli conflict refers to the political tensions and open hostilities between the Arab peoples and the Jewish community of the Middle East that have lasted for decades. The conflict, which started as a political and nationalist conflict over competing territorial ambitions has become highly protracted and other issues such as the rise in terrorist organizations and its role in the Cold War arena have became stumbling blocks to a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nevertheless, the issue of territory is the main reason that hindered the peace progress because of the unwillingness of all parties to make concessions on territories, which stalled all peace talks. The issue of territory is the key stumbling block to a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict due to competing territorial ambitions between Palestine-Arabs, Israelis and the Arab nations, that made the conflict intractable. Little compromises could be made on territorial issues as it involves the sovereignty of the state. The city of Jerusalem was also a much sought after territory due to its religious significance to both the Jews and Muslims. During the first Arab-Israel war of 1948, Israel managed to expand her territory beyond what was previously stated in the Partition Plan by 21% through the act of driving out the Arabs and...
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...Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking PSY/400 March 2, 2015 Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking According to Myers (2010), whenever two or more people, groups, or nations interact, their perceived needs and goals may conflict" (p. 499). Social dilemmas come upon when one side fails to understand with the others' viewpoint and incorrectly attributes reason to the other's behavior. Divergence can be power-driven by competition, seeming unfair, and by mix-ups and misunderstandings of the other's behavior. Peace is an equally beneficial relationship, which has non to low levels of violent behavior and aggression. Peacemaking is used in effort to resolve conflict. To give an end to conflict. Before peacemaking has an influence on any circumstances there needs to be a conflict an issue, something that is not agreed upon. One type of conflict is the Iraq War. A group of people create camps in the war zones helping the people fight in contradiction of the war, by developing relationships and giving a sense of authorization to the Iraqi people. Peacemaking is bringing a conflict to a resolution not just suppressing it or coverin it up. Peace comes when the two different sides can reconcile alterations and reach an agreement. Peacemaking is what brings toxic forces and damaging conflict to a beneficial resolution. Peacemaking is making peace by settling disputes between groups, individuals, nations, communities, and even within families ...
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... Professor Ronald M. Castillo 3POL1 THE TUG OF WAR: Armenia vs. Azerbaijan The Relevance of Institutionalism and Functionalism to the Nogorno – Karabakh Conflict I. Introduction War is one the many words that is being frequently use nowadays. People hear or see the word “war” anywhere and everywhere. There wouldn’t be a day that there is no news about the different conflict in the Middle East or a news paper headline that doesn’t have any updates about what is going on in the other side of the world. Thus, the impact and intensity of the word has been become lesser and lesser as the time past. Ironically, the word “war” has been as famous as the word “love” or “peace”. The clash between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan is a territorial dispute about the region of Nogorno – Karabakh (BBC, 2012). It a long-ago issue that was set aside and forgotten through time. After all the years that it was buried in a pile of issues of much more prominent states, it seemed to be like a mummy that has risen from the dead. In the recent years, the conflict between the two states reopened and became more dangerous and violent. The conflict became more violent resulting to numbers of casualties (BBC, 2015). This paper aims to provide a possible solution to the escalating conflict between the Republic of Armenia and the republic of Azerbaijan. The researcher will utilize two different theories of international relations. As for the mainstream International...
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...Peace and justice has a lot of different meaning to different people. Some people define peace as a way to avoid negation or in common synonym harmony and tranquility while justice is the conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct. Two simple words but they carry out so much within them. These two words may seem different but they complement each other when said in one. Like people in different faith traditions, these people have different believes and different traditions but they’re perspective of peace and justice complement each other. They may not be the same but they are equally connected to each other. Like Martin Luther King, Martin a Baptist now referred to as human right icon of today. In his history of fighting for peace and justice he came across a lot of hardships, problems and has endured more than anything you could imagine. He always believed in the teaching of Mahatma Gandhi that there should be non-violence. And that everyone should live simple and should not try to look at the material things but only look to God. He would always implement peace and justice but no one listen they would always think of it as non sense, but in one of King’s speeches called “I Have a dream” everyone’s eyes opened to consciousness about civil rights. Dr. King’s vision of justice included men, women, sanitation workers, and union members. He knew that if their concerns were met they would together create a broad-based movement that would endure. He spoke...
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...This file contains the Peace Unit of Living Values Activities for Children Ages 8–14. The full book in English with 12 values units is available through HCI and amazon.com. (Published in 10 languages. See page 8 for a list of which languages.) Values posters are available for free download on the www.livingvalues.net website. Please note that the Setting the Context and Introduction sections are updated. These updated chapters will be in the new edition of the book, when HCI reprints. This edition made available on the international Living Values Education website. (May 2012) C O N T E N T S Setting the Context 3 The Need for Values Education 3 The Living Values Education Approach 4 LVE Resource Materials 8 Purpose and Aims 9 The Living Values Series 9 For Children and Youth At-Risk 11 History of Living Values Education 12 Acknowledgement 13 Results 16 Introduction – Exploring and Developing Values 21 Teaching Values 21 The Developing Values Schematic – The LVEP Method 22 Bringing In the Values of Your Culture 35 Making Values Education a Practical Reality 36 Incorporating Values Into the Existing Curriculum 40 One: Peace Unit 43 Reflection Points 43 Objectives 43 PEACE LESSONS 44 ...
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...Religion and Peace 1) 2) 3) The understanding of peace in religious traditions Peace expressed through the sacred texts- principle teachings on peace Contributions to peace (Individual and World) Islam and Christianity The understanding of peace Christianity Concept of peace The New Testament understanding of the word ‘peace’ is living in an idyllic condition and communicating regularly with God, as epitomized by the Garden of Eden. Perfect peace was lost when Adam and Eve sinned (Genesis 3) but the coming of Christ restored the potential for peace. Therefore belief in Jesus enables humans inner peace in their lives and the looking forward to the day when Jesus will reign supreme on Earth. As Jesus states in John 16:33 peace is found in him. This is multifaceted. 1) His death was for human sin and allows humans and God to become one again. 2) His ministry is full of Jesus providing peace to those he came into contact with. Matthew 11:28-30, he offers peace to those that are troubled, in Mark 1:21-2:12 he casts out demons and forgives sins and in Hebrews 12:14 followers are encouraged to copy Jesus by making ‘every effort t live in peace with all men. 3) When Jesus returns will bring everlasting physical and spiritual peace on Earth for those who believe. The central theme of Jesus’ teachings is the Kingdom of Heaven. The kingdom of God is characterized by peace- there will be no hardships or grief or pain (Revelation). The righteous and faithful will be redeemed and will...
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...Managing a Mediation Process offers an overview of the process of mediating interstate and intrastate conflicts. Each of its six chapters covers a different step in the process, identifying what needs to be done at that step and how best to accomplish it: ● ● ● ● ● ● SMITH AND SMOCK MANAGING A MEDIATION PROCESS Assess the Conflict Ensure Mediator Readiness Ensure Conflict Ripeness Conduct Track-I Mediation Encourage Track-II Dialogue Construct a Peace Agreement Managing a Mediation Process is the first of several handbooks in the Peacemaker’s Toolkit series and deals largely with Track-I efforts. Each handbook in the series addresses a particular facet of the work of mediating violent conflicts, including such topics as negotiating with terrorists, managing public information, constitution making, assessing and enhancing ripeness, and Track-II peacemaking, among others. MANAGING A MEDIATION PROCESS Consolidating practical wisdom distilled from the hard-won experience of seasoned mediators into an easily digestible format, this handbook is designed to help mediators identify areas where they may need more research or preparation, as well as options and strategies relevant to the particular case on which they are working. Examples from past mediation efforts are provided. CT ST RU CE T CONA PEA MEN E AGRE Managing a MEDIATION PROCESS AGE OURC II E ENCTRA GU O DIAL UC T ONDAC I ON C R T DIATI ME Amy L. Smith and...
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...LUCELE D. PASINAG, MAED-EM INTEGRATING PEACE EDUCATION IN THE PRESENT CURRICULUM “Without an integrated understanding of life, our individual and collective problems will only deepen and extend. The purpose of education is not to produce mere scholars, technicians and job hunters, but integrated men and women who are free of fear; for only between such human beings can there be enduring peace. * J. Krishnamurti Facets of Peace Education I. Knowledge * Conflict * Students should study a variety of contemporary conflict situations from the personal to the global and attempts made to resolve them. * Peace * Students should study different concepts of peace, both as a state of being and as an active process, on scales from the personal to the global. * War * Students should explore some of the key issues and ethical dilemmas to do with conventional war. * Nuclear Issues * Students should learn about a wide range of nuclear issues and be aware of the key viewpoints on defence and disarmament. * Justice * Students should study a wide range of situations illustrating injustice. * Power * Students should study issues to do with power in the world today. * Gender * Students should study issues on discrimination based on gender. * Race * Students should study issues to do with discrimination based on race. * Environment * Students should have a concern for the environment welfare...
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...Muslims in the Philippines: The Mindanao Conflict The Philippines is composed of over seven thousand islands and islets and is the only Christian majority nation in Southeast Asia. Of these islands, Mindanao makes up one-third of the island of the Philippines and is home to twenty one million residents who represent a quarter of the Filipino population. For decades, Mindanao has experienced ethno religious conflict. The Mindanao conflict between the Muslims of the Philippines and the Christian Filipino government dates back over forty years. The Muslims believe that they have never been a part of the Philippines and that the struggle today can be related back to the war of independence from Spanish and then American rule. On the other side, the Filipino government argues that the Muslims have to obtain land that is in accordance with the law and is accepted by the community. This disagreement has been the underlying conflict between the state and the Muslim community. Among the reasons for conflict in Mindanao today, religious beliefs best represent why problems arose, not merely because it was the underlying factor for years, but because of its impact on all aspects of culture: its affect on the comminutes identity, the political roles, and the nationality of the region. The conflict in Mindanao began in the late sixteenth century when the Philippines were colonized by Spain. This colonial rule influenced the ethnic and religious structure of the Philippines, in huge part...
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...Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Brandi Peters PSY/400 Leah Reagan August 20, 2012 Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Conflict can be defined as a perceived incompatibility of action or goals (Myers, pg. 483, 2010). It can be either positive or negative, surrounds almost every situation, and is constant in life. These situations that arise can be resolved through peacemaking. When peace is sought, one must find goals that make peace possible. All parties involved in conflict must be willing to engage in a resolution to put an end to conflict and to reach a goal of peace. Allowing openly gay individuals to serve in the military has been a breeding ground for debate. This issue has caused conflict between those who stand on opposite sides of the issue. As with any conflict, this issue has since been somewhat resolved and the steps of peacemaking have begun with the ending of the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy. The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was passed in 1993. It allowed gays to actively serve in the military as long as they did not disclose their sexual orientation. To no surprise there was much conflict involved with this policy. Those opposing this policy found it to be discriminatory and unfair. Supporter of the policy believed that straight soldiers may be unable to perform their duties due to feeling uncomfortable in the presence of a homosexual. Understanding both sides in a reasonable and mature manner will help to calm down some of the emotional drama surrounding...
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...EMMERGING ROLE OF UN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FUTURE CONFLICTS INTRODUCTION Since the end of cold war, the world has been in a constant flux of changes, resulting into serious security risks. These risks range from border disputes to ethno-religious conflicts, most of which are likely to cause regional and global destabilization. In today’s unipolar world no single or group of states has the capacity to counter balance by themselves and therefore, the world is looking more towards United Nations (UN) for establishing World peace. The Collective power to shape the future is greater now than ever before. The world needs a new vision that can mobilize people everywhere to achieve higher levels of cooperation in areas of mutual interest. The foundation of UN some fifty five years ago was an expression by world leaders towards a new world wherein the international behavior and governance was about to begin. The domination of power blocks and less respect for use of UN forum for vested interest has curved the UN role. The potentialities of international organization led by UN are immense in this regard though not utilized to its full potential. At this new millenium every ones expectations are of more peaceful world order. But the natures of conflicts in future days are likely to be more diverse and complicated to be handled by UN. The causes of these conflicts will be mainly of race for nuclear power, global militarization, prolong economic sanction on...
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