Author : Øystein H. Rolandsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788272883439
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (834 download)
Book Synopsis Land, Security, and Peace Building in the Southern Sudan by : Øystein H. Rolandsen
Download or read book Land, Security, and Peace Building in the Southern Sudan written by Øystein H. Rolandsen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Violence and insecurity threatens peacebuilding in the Southern Sudan and the 2011 referendum on self-determination. The Sudan's interim period which started with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) 9 January 2005 is now reaching its final phase but communities in the South still face multiple types of violence stemming from local and regional tensions as well as conflicts at the national and even international level. The underlying causes of this predicament are a tense political setting, a highly militarised society in terms of access to weapons and a lowered threshold to settle disputes with violence, and, finally, lack of institutional capacity to provide security and to prevent, contain and solve conflict in the Southern Sudan. This situation invites the use of violence as a means to further the interests of groups and individuals. The solution lies in a two-stage process starting with short-term drastic measures and proper planning of long-term measures addressing the underlying factors causing this predicament. Only when this first stage is finalised will long-term measures have the desired effect."--Executive summary.