This very important letter was written by many of the world’s leading organizations dealing with human rights, peace, and global issues. It was forwarded to the UN Security Council on May 19th, and deals with the Multinational Force occupation of Iraq.

The Security Council, under Resolution 1637, is required to review the mandate of the MNF no later than 15 June. Please forward this message to individuals, networks and organizations you believe may find it of interest, and, in particular, to local and national media in your country.

Have you ever slammed a door in rage? Have you ever been really hurt by something someone has said? Have you ever had a fight with your mother? Have you ever been angry when your pay rise was turned down?

Every day people find themselves in conflict, ranging from minor discomfort to serious confrontations. Generally, when people think about conflict they believe that there are only three solutions: compromising, winning or losing. But now, Conflict Resolution Network training provides a new way to look at winning so that opponents become partners.

Conflict Resolution Network training shows how to recognise typical conflict behaviour patterns and how to avoid them. As well, it teaches us how to understand the power dynamics in any relationship. Most importantly, however, it shows how improved communication can help us to better understand those with whom we find ourselves in conflict, and help them to understand us, in order to achieve a happy solution.

Dr. Stella Cornelius, Director of the Conflict Resolution Network in Australia, has generously donated her Conflict Resolution Network training materials to ministry for peace. Stella is a big supporter of this new wave of organisations world wide calling for government Ministries/Departments of Peace. She founded the original Ministry for Peace campaign in Australia in the 1980s in the midst of the Cold War and worked for it tirelessly for a good number of years. She is keen to support this new movement in any way she can.

 

This month we are extremely pleased to offer you an on-line course in peacebuilding skills together with an introductory article by our Australian colleague Biannca Pace.

Our heartfelt thanks to both the Australian Network of Conflict Resolution for the course and our colleague Biannca Pace.

Conflict is all around us, it is not something we can choose to have or not to have. It just is. This course is not about avoiding conflict. Avoiding is not only impossible but undesirable.

This course is about discovering productive ways of handling conflict. Ways that make a difference in all areas of our lives.

To resolve conflict and BUILD PEACE it is helpful to have a series of skills for interacting with others to create the basis for a mutually empowering dialogue.

 

Click Here To Access The On-Line Course

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