And, coordination with the IMF might be a problem - a regional body could create the potential for conflict in the international financial system.
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How did the international community respond to the conflict?
This is possible now because of the strong new international pressure against external support to rebel groups, the removal of Ntaganda, the lowered profitability of the trade in conflict minerals and the International Monetary Fund's pressure on Congo to enact governance reforms.
To talk about more about the roots of this conflict and the international response, we're joined by two experts on the region.
In simple terms, again, Israelis and Palestinians -- for different reasons -- have reached a level of political maturity almost unprecedented in the world of international conflict.
Some of the topics discussed in the meeting were conflict transformation and intercultural dialogue studies in the Arab region, in what way is education a major tool for peace building and the international perspective on the integration of conflict transformation into the academic curriculum.
We made the film with the explicit goals of putting Palestinian and Israeli nonviolence efforts at the center of local and international discourse about the conflict, as well as building the capacity of nonviolent activists in the field by ensuring they gain traction within their own societies and abroad.
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Other issues include Somalia, Yemen, the Arab-Israeli conflict, international terrorism and making the Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, Zebari said.
The case is interesting in that it shows the U.S. intervening in an international conflict not just via the highest levels, but on an individual level as well.
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And at least 55 governments have signed a letter demanding that the UN Security Council refer the conflict in Syria to the International Criminal Court at The Hague.
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Standing alongside Mr Putin, who opposed the Iraq conflict, Mr Blair warned that the world faced a "real danger" if the international community did not put behind it divisions created by the Iraqi conflict.
According to Peter Kagwanja, Southern Africa director of the International Crisis Group, which focuses on conflict prevention, pushing people out of the cities has several advantages from the government's perspective.
For over two years, my administration has worked with the parties and the international community to end this conflict, building on decades of work by previous administrations.
The Hague Convention is the principal international instrument concerning the protection of cultural property during armed conflict and military occupation.
Now, before he left the country he held a news conference in Khartoum, and he accused the Sudanese government, and, in fact, the Darfur rebels, of what he called cynically obstructing international efforts to end the four-year conflict.
The report identifies Lake as the principal advocate for leaving no documents that could establish a paper trail of the policy, which ran the risk of antagonizing America's European allies, and which contradicted the administration's public support for an international arms embargo to all sides in the Bosnian conflict.
Both Zaidoun and Keffah are opposed to any international military intervention in the conflict.
Ghana has also been a leader, a responsible actor on the international stage, working in the region to help stabilize and reduce conflict there.
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Baron Pierre De Coubertin of France founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894 with the lofty ambition of reducing military conflict through sport.
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Regional analysts say the international demand for coltan is one of the driving forces behind the conflict, and the presence of rival militias in the country.
But the international community is invested in this conflict.
If we want to prevent more situations like Syria, we must work closely with Congress to protect or increase funding for the State Department's Conflict Stabilization Operations and the Complex Crises Fund, international organizations, transition initiatives, and programs focused on access to justice, governance and security reform, human rights and social inclusion.
In the aftermath of the latest fighting, both Israel and Hamas have joined the international community in calling for a durable and comprehensive solution to the conflict.
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And as much as they had said that they wanted to see a different leadership, they wanted to see a new Palestinian leadership emerge, there really wasn't a sense on the part of President Bush or on the part of the International community that they truly wanted to see an end to the conflict.
The international community's refusal to recognize an armed conflict in Syria can only be characterized as not seeing the forest for the trees.
These band-aids are expensive substitutes for the real solutions that come from rolling up our sleeves and building an international coalition committed to addressing the root causes of conflict in a serious and sustained manner.
The executive director of Kenya's International Center for Policy and Conflict lobby group, Ndung'u Wainaina, said the invitation to Mr Kenyatta "betrays the agenda" of the Somalia conference, which is to root out impunity and insecurity.
The Kenyan talks provide a good example of the sort of skills that a new kind of international mediator can bring to the age-old work of conflict resolution.
While most logically identify global currency debasement as a primary cause, others say that gold is driven by: fear of economic uncertainty, central bank gold hording, international political conflict, or the ebb and flow of the Indian wedding season.
And they discussed the vital work that the U.N. and the international community have still to do, along with the parties to the Sudanese conflict, to resolve outstanding issues and ensure lasting peace as the South gains its independence in July of this year.
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