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Admission to University for Peace 2006/2007 UPEACE invites applications from women and men who have the equivalent of a four-year undergraduate degree (BA, BS) or similar from an accredited college or university. Students admitted in the past have done their undergraduate work in a variety of disciplines, including the social and natural sciences, humanities and legal fields. Some have an MA in related areas and are seeking supplemental training in peace studies. Students admitted to any UPEACE MA programme must exhibit an outstanding academic record. Students should also demonstrate commitment to working for a positive social change; a year or more of work experience in a related field is a plus. Some background in international studies or cross-cultural experience is also desirable. Candidates must be fluent in English, both spoken and written. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores or International English Language Test (IELTS) are required for candidates whose native language is not English. Each year, UPEACE accepts 25 students to each MA programme from more than 150 applicants. There is no “formula” for success as a candidate. Each applicant must complete, among other requirements, a statement of purpose or personal essay, which is of great importance in helping the admissions committee get to know the candidates. The University seeks a diverse and committed student body whose talents, skills, and aims complement each other well. Classes start in the third week of August. The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 March 2007. For full details,please visit www.upeace.org/admissions.
20 - 23 January 2007, Freetown, Sierra Leone The UPEACE Africa Programme based in Addis Ababa, and Fourah Bay College, the first college in West Africa and now part of the University of Sierra Leone, are jointly organising a training workshop on the nonviolent transformation of conflict for youth leaders in the Mano River region, to be held at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 20 to 23 January 2007. The four-day workshop will cover the basic theories and methods of nonviolent struggle. Held for youth leaders, directors of youth programmes, NGO leaders, student activists, women leaders, youthful parliamentarians, and other civil society leadership from the Mano River area of West Africa, specifically Liberia and Sierra Leone. The workshop will provide a vehicle through which participants can gain full awareness of how it is possible to pursue social and political goals without inflicting violence, bloodshed, injury, or loss of life to the target group—and why this can affect the durability of the results. A question will be posed: If you want justice, transformation, and reconciliation, can you achieve them through violence? Emphasis will be placed on the role of youth as agents of change in particular struggles, shared through documentary films and UPEACE Africa Programme publications such as ‘Bite Not One Another’. Attention will be given to how nonviolent struggles have resulted in outcomes of positive, lasting, and mutually acceptable benefits for all parties. For further information please contact africaprogramme@upeace.org. UPEACE Africa Programme Final Reports Web Page A new section has been added to the UPEACE Africa Programme web site listing all final reports form various activities over the past years. Reports from 2005 and 2006 are already available online and further reports will be loaded soon. Click here to visit. UPEACE 2007: Creating opportunities to change the world UPEACE is glad to announce the release of it's yearly magazine. This year's edition describes UPEACE's activities, MA Programmes, Admissions, Alumni Network, Faculty, Sharing Knowledge for Peace, Our Presence Around the World, among other topics. 28 pp. Click here to download the pdf file. Compendium
of Key Documents relating to Peace and Security in Africa This Compendium contains key official documents on peace and security in Africa covering the period between 1963 and the end of 2005. The Compendium is part of an evolving Series on Peace and Conflict in Africa published by the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE). The main objective of the Series is to make material which can be used by African universities in courses dealing with issues of peace readily accessible to lecturers, students and researchers. This Compendium is a joint publication of the Africa Programme of UPEACE and SaferAfrica. It shall be used in conjunction with other publications in the Series, particularly the collection of extracts from seminal texts contained in Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution in Africa: A Reader. Click here to download Human
Rights, Peace and Justice in Africa: A Reader This Reader contains materials on human rights, peace and justice relevant to Africa, extracted from academic writings, reports from the United Nations and non-governmental organisations, speeches, official documents, national constitutions and human right cases. Where possible, material from Africa has been selected. The Reader is part of an evolving Series on Peace and Conflict in Africa published by the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE). The main objective of the Series is to make material which can be used by African universities in courses dealing with issues of peace and conflict readily accessible to lecturers, students and researchers. In this particular Reader material of relevance to the relationship between human rights and peace and security is included. This Reader is a joint publication of the Africa Programme of the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace and the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria. It can be used in conjunction with other publications in the Series, particularly the Compendium of Key Human Rights Documents of the African Union and the Compendium of Key Documents relating to Peace and Security in Africa. Click here to download Sélection de Documents-Clé de l’Union Africaine relatifs aux Droits de l’Homme Ce Sélection contient des documents-clé relatifs aux droits de l’homme, adoptés sous les auspices de l’Union Africaine (y compris le NOPADA) et son prédécesseur l’Organisation de l’Unité Africaine. Il contient également une sélection de décisions et résolutions de la Commission Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples. Cette œuvre de collaboration entre le Programme Afrique de l’Université de la Paix et le Centre for Human Rights de l’Université de Prétoria en Afrique du Sud, a pour objectif de rendre plus accessible les documents de l’Union Africaine. Click here to download Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict—Africa In meetings by faculty and staff of the University for Peace at more than fifty universities and five hundred non-governmental organizations in Africa during 2002 and 2003, educators across the continent lamented the dearth of materials on the subject of nonviolent struggle in Africa. An historian at the University of Natal at Durban, however, spoke with pride of ‘South Africa’s strong indigenous tradition of nonviolent struggle—the tradition of Gandhi, Lithuli, and Biko’, referring to Mohandas K. Gandhi, who developed his formative principles during twenty-one years spent in South Africa, the Zulu chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli, and the anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko. In 2004, Nigerian youth leaders attending a forum in Abuja, Nigeria, fervently requested books to help them learn how to fight for justice without violence: ‘All we ever hear is violence’, said one, ‘some teachers even tell us that what Nigeria needs is more violence’. In response, and as a direct outgrowth of a 2005 workshop in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on nonviolent transformation of conflict, the Africa Programme of the University for Peace is pleased to offer four publications on nonviolent struggle.
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