In that spirit, in a new report by Conciliation Resources, a London-based organisation, a group of mainly leftish authors argues for local peace initiatives and more civic participation in peace talks.
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He was a big hit on his three visits there, helping to convince local people that peace was possible.
She emphasized that working at the grassroots level is an important way of mobilizing local communities in peace building efforts.
Jestina Mukoko, head of a local rights group Zimbabwe Peace Project, and eight other activists were charged last week with recruiting Zimbabweans to undergo military training for that purpose.
The great majority of the victims were not foreign war correspondents but local journalists who were generally working on issues of local interest in countries at peace.
James Baker, a former secretary of state, once said that America could not want peace more than the local parties did.
Late last year Ansar Dine, a jihadist group constituted largely of local Tuareg, even joined the peace talks that the government had already started with the secular Tuareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA).
Yang said during a press conference with local media that both countries strive for peace in the region.
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This past month, Peace Corps staff, returned Volunteers and our regional recruiting offices across the country commemorated the anniversary through local service projects, both in the United States and in Peace Corps host countries.
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Most victims were not foreign war correspondents, but rather local journalists who were working in countries at peace.
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His local commanders said they were suspicious of the peace deal, and wanted to make sure they had a place in the new Sierra Leone Army.
Key themes of SD in the region include among other things poverty alleviation, citizenship, peace, ethics, responsibility in local and global contexts, democracy and governance, justice, security, human rights, health, gender equity, cultural diversity, rural and urban development, economy, production and consumption patterns, corporate social responsibility, environmental protection, climate change, prevention and adaptation, natural resource management, biological and landscape diversity.
Our goal is to hasten the day when peace is self-sustaining, when local democratically elected authorities can assume full responsibility and when NATO forces can go home.
In the meantime, the force provided what humanitarian assistance it could to local villagers and meticulously recorded each blow to the peace it had hoped to keep.
America, the main supplier of peace formulas until lately, is distracted by local concerns.
Local communities participate by holding solemn ceremonies to pray for peace and safety during construction and before the launch of the completed vessel.
This time the guerrillas are seeking to reinforce their position in the peace negotiations by taking control of as many local-government posts as possible.
Despite their hopes of peace, their sagas tell of battles with the local indigenous people.
Local media quoted him as saying Malala was an icon of peace, urging the world to pray for her recovery.
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Senor told reporters coalition and Iraqi authorities are working with local officials to implement a number of steps designed to achieve peace and stability.
While nothing compares to the risks our servicemen and women take in combat, the Peace Corps isn't exactly a walk to the local playground.
Duties include escorting royal visitors, leading the local magistracy as chairman of the Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace and advising on Honours nominations.
In the framework of the project, RPDJN will be equipped to create programmes on peace, democracy and good governance for distribution to various local media.
Noting that many peacebuilding tasks were mandated to peacebuilding missions, he said they should feed smoothly into broader efforts and place particular attention on strengthening local capacities and civil society, encouraging the participation of women in peace activities, promoting dialogue among stakeholders and helping national authorities protect civilians.
ICC's prosecution of the Lord's Resistance Army rebels, despite criticism from local community leaders who claim that the threat of arrest is impeding the peace process.
Think in terms of mapping incidents of violence and peace efforts in South Africa, Gaza or Pakistan, or monitoring local elections in India.
Boeing eventually urged the White House to seek peace, because it feared its European customers would side with their local manufacturer and stop buying Boeings.
And the Peace Dividend Trust submitted an innovative loan guarantee model aimed at empowering local SMEs to bid for donor procurement contracts in post-conflict or post-disaster economies.
The promotion of respect for cultural diversity, peace building and conflict resolution, strengthening freedom of expression through the local content created by youth for youth, as well as ways for preventing violence were the main topics the participants included in their programmes.
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