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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