When the church bell rings at noon at the Anglican cathedral of St. George's in East Jerusalem not far from Damascus Gate in the Old City, chances are it's Mordechai Vanunu ringing the bell.

Brett Sheppard recently made a special study of Central American indigenous communities in the context of the Indigenous Community Integrated Ecosystems Management (GEF) Project of the World Bank, and notes the importance of both cultural as well as biodiversity.

Irene Munz writes: "I have the great pleasure to be with Tahmina in the same program, Gender and Peace Building, here at UPEACE. Although we detected very soon, that our motivations and interests are similar, each of us student is bringing a different background and different visions, enriching our daily

The author wrote this poem on her return from Nyamata, Rwanda where 2,500 people had been slaughtered in 1994 to her home in Zimbabwe(June 2000). Pictured above is the church where the genocide was perpetrated.

Joe Schumacher quizzes Elizabeth Griffin of Essex University on her Amnesty International sponsored inquiry into Human Rights and the Justice system in Afghanistan. She argues for a bigger role for the UN and greater emphasis on security first.

Helping Out Author: Sabrina Sideris Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 09/16/2005 Category: Interview The earthquake on December 26, 2004 that measured at least 9.0 in magnitude and the catastrophic tsunami that followed fifteen minutes later affected nine countries bordering the Indian Ocean and took at least 22,000

Corporate America is now mobilizing itself to do its part for operation Iraqi freedom, having been assured by the US government that its role in Iraq is as vital to the Bush administration's vision for Iraq as the military's. George Bush has said that he envisions a 'US-Middle East free trade

Regina Eddleman has spent the last six months in Africa working with youth programs that include HIV/AIDS peer education in Zimbabwe and peacebuilding and conflict prevention in Tanzania. In Zimbabwe she worked closely with the youth to facilitate discussions on HIV/AIDS related issues in local schools, assisted in training camps and

Doing Good Author: Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 03/26/2004   Conflict, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: Meeting the Challenges By Maria Lange and Mick Quinn, December 2003, International Alert   To the authors of this 28 pamphlet Do No Harm as a peg to hang humanitarian intervention is