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BEFORE ANY VIOLENCE
The seven case studies contained in this chapter describe organisations that became involved in situations that had not at the time broken into violence.

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"There is a multitude of ways to prevent and resolve conflicts: non-governmental organisations can be efficient and cost effective in preventing and resolving conflict, and this work could be contracted out to them at a fraction of the cost of military intervention. NGO participation could usefully become a matter of deliberate multilateral policy and receive much greater government and intergovernmental funding." Scilla Elworthy, p9, War Prevention Works Download PDF document
The organisations are:
Committee for the Protection of People's Dignity in Nigeria 2000
East West Institute in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1999-2000
Moral Re-Armament in Meghalaya, India 1967-1972
OTPOR in Serbia 1998-2000
Saferworld in Europe 1992-2001+
The Holy See in Chile and Argentina 1978-1984
St Xavier's Social Service Society in Ahmedabad, India 1991


