February 27

Darfur And Iran. 2 Websites From Intute.Ac.Uk

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Darfur: In search of peace: exploring viable solutions to the Darfur crisis
This site provides free access to the full text of a reportby Dr. George Shepherd, Dr. Peter Van Arsdale, Negin Sobhani, Nicole Tanner & Frederick Agyeman-Duah.which was published as Human Rights and Human Welfare (HRHW) working paper no. 50 in January 2009 by the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. The 100 page report contains papers from a consultation held in Nairobi, Kenya in June 2008 which was hosted by Africa Today Associates in association with Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. Topics covered include the relationship of ethnicity to the conflict in Darfur, the role of the African Union in conflict resolution and post-colonialist conflicts in Africa,. Many of the papers offer an African perspective on events.
http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/working/2009/50-ATADarfur-2009.pdf
 
Great powers and international conflict management - European and Chinese involvement in the Darfur and Iran crises
This site provides free access to the full text of a paper by Emma van der Meulen and Frans-Paul van der Putten which was published by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael as Clingendael Security Paper No. 7. The 50 page report discusses how the relationship between China and Europe in international conflict management is evolving by looking at the cases of Sudan and Iran. It considers whether the European role is declining as China's extends. Reference is made to their involvement in the Iran nuclear weapons crisis and foreign policy in the Darfur conflict.
http://www.clingendael.nl/publications/2009/20090225_cscp_sec_paper_great_powers
April 11

UNHCR And Google Earth: "Google Earth Outreach"

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The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has annnounced a new UNHCR and Google Earth initiative "Google Earth Outreach" that was launched in Geneva on 8 April 2008. The programme gives the humanitarian agencies an opportunity to virtually zoom in on specific refugee situations and provides a tool for a close-up view of some of the major displacement crises and humanitarian efforts. Currently the programme is focused on Chad/Darfur, Colombia and Iraq with plans to expand further.

According to UNHCR technical experts, the Google Earth programme, as it grows "will allow UNHCR and its humanitarian partners to build and share with each other a visual, geographic record of their joint efforts on the ground to help refugees".
Read the UNHCR press-release or see the Google Earth Outreach from the UNHCR website (the Google Earth has to be installed first). UN Pulse  Permanent Link: UNHCR and Google Earth