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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
The Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) will hold an e-conference (internet-based) entitled "Afghanistan: Assessing the progress of Security Sector Reform, One Year After the Geneva Conference," to be held on 4-11 June 2003. With security conditions deteriorating rapidly across Afghanistan due to warlordism and the resurgence of spoiler groups such as the Taliban and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hizb-i-Islami faction, new approaches on how to confront this adverse situation are urgently needed.
The conference aims to promote dialogue on the internationally supported Afghan security sector reform process, which aims to entrench the rule of law and give the central government a monopoly over the use of force. The conference will focus on three of the five pillars of the security sector reform agenda set at the April 2002 security donors conference held in Geneva: Military Reform; Police Reform; and the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of Ex-combatants (DDR). Encumbered by inefficiency and a lack of resources, initiatives in these areas have progressed at an unexpectedly slow rate. By examining and assessing current planning and programming in respect to these areas, it is hoped that recommendations can be developed to restructure and reenergize the process.
Over 80 policy-makers and experts from more than 15 countries will participate in the conference. Several prominent experts on Afghanistan will be submitting papers, including: Dr. Barnett Rubin, the Director of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University; Dr. Frederick Starr, the Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Antonio Giustozzi of the London School of Economics (LSE); the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva, and Mr. Paul O'Brien of CARE International in Afghanistan.
Those wishing to participate in this timely event can register at the conference web site at: www.bicc.de/forum. Once registered, participants will be able to log onto the site during the conference proceedings to access conference papers and participate in the ongoing discussion. The discussion will take place on a specially designed internet discussion board. Participants can post questions or comments to the board at any time over the eight-day period in which the conference will run. A strict schedule or timetable will not bind conference participants; input may be offered at the participant's convenience. The results of the conference will be presented in a 'Brief' to be published by BICC in the summer of 2003.
Further Information:
Katharina Moraht
Tel.: 0228/911 96-57
E-Mail: pr@bicc.de
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