Peace and Conflict Resolution

8/11/2019 Peace and Conflict Resolution

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GROUP

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PEACE AND CONFLICT

RESOLUTION

Country:Jamaica

Club Name:Interact Club

Name of President: Chavan Lyttle

Email of President:[email protected]

Name:Paul Campbell

Initials:P.C

Word Count: 1!"9

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Con%lict 'eem' to be perva'ive in our (orld today but con%lict i' hardly /0I+ to allconcerned. *he $%ord 3ictionary de%ine' con%lict to be a 'eriou' di'a&reementbet(een oppo'ition'. $n the other hand peace i' de%ined a' a 'tate o% tranuility %ree%rom di'turbance'. *he t(o are clearly antithetical. Peace ha' remained nothin& but anunattainable ideal in our con%lict pla&ued (orld. 0' a ne(ly inducted member o% theInteract Club I (a' uic) to di'cern that the %our (ay te't i' the corner'tone o% +otaryInternational and +otarian' &lobally. Con%lict i' not bene%icial; it certainly doe' not build2$$3ILL or aid 4**+ /+I637IP7. $nly peace can achieve thi'.

Jamaica de'pite it' relatively 'mall &eo&raphical 'i1! civilian' in 7yria (ere poi'oned unepectedly (ith 7arin &a' by rebel%orce' %i&htin& a&ain't Pre'ident 0l-0''ad. *he poi'on (a' launched u'in& catapult'and roc)et' in the area o% 2houta near the city o% 3ama'cu'. *he armed con%lictbet(een the internationally %unded rebel' and the 7yrian &overnment did not happenarbitrarily. It (a' the re'ult o% a 'erie' o% event' that acted a' cataly't' %or each otherand re'ulted in thi' on&oin& battle bet(een rebel' and the &overnment.

In =>11 civilian' be&an a non-con%rontational prote't a&ain't the 7yrian&overnment. *he prote'tor' (ere initially peace%ul but the problem e'calated (hen the&overnment perceivin& the po''ibility o% an upri'in& re'ponded by callin&-in the

'ecurity %orce'. *he non-violent prote't' uic)ly deteriorated a' the 'ecurity %orce'employed ece''ive %orce to di'pel the cro(d'. In the en'uin& altercation the prote'tor'and the 'ecurity %orce' en&a&ed in a bloody battle re'ultin& in a (ide'pread revolt. *hecountry in it' current 'tate can be li)ened to a ?i&'a( pu


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main %raction' have become more than a nui'ance to the &eneral population and on alar&er 'cale ha' le%t an indelible mar) on the hi'tory o% the country.

0 per'on' domicile i' o%ten vie(ed a' an inte&ral part o% that individual' identity.In a country li)e 7yria individual' are bein& %orced to leave their home %or rea'on'

beyond their control. *he one' that do remain o%ten become Internally DisplacedPersons. *he ,6 e'timate' that an avera&e o% A>>> 7yrian' leave the (ar-torn countrydaily. *hey o%ten ab'cond a%ter 'eein& their %amily member' )illed and their communitie'bombed.Can you imagine being evicted from your home? Where would you go? ndhow would your daily needs be met?

*hi' i' ?u't a minute 'amplin& o% the ue'tion' that 7yrian re%u&ee' andinternally di'placed per'on' a') daily. *he victim' o% 'uch 'ituation' leave and &o tonei&hbourin& countrie' to live in re%u&ee camp' or (ith %amily member'. 7yrian victim'in particular %lee to countrie' 'uch a' Jordan and Lebanon. In &eneral internallydi'placed per'on' or re%u&ee' a%ter ab'condin& (ill live in 'ub'tandard condition'. It i'almo't unima&inable %or per'on' (ho have lived in a rea'onably 'i1= a year a%ter the civil unre'tthere (ere approimately 1>>>>> re%u&ee'. 4y 0pril =>1! there (ere >>>>>re%u&ee'. *hi' number then doubled to 1.A million in the en'uin& %our month'. 0t thi'rate the ,nited 6ation' predicted that there (ould be !.5 million 7yrian re%u&ee' by theend o% =>1! and the early month' o% =>1". In addition to the creation o% re%u&ee' and

internally di'placement per'on' the armed con%lict re'ulted in the mercile'' )illin& o%children. *he 'tati'tic' 'ho( that the revolt a&ain't Pre'ident 4a'har 0l-0''ad led to thedeath o% 1">>>> civilian'. /urthermore o% the total number o% civilian' )illed D>>> (erechildren. *hi' leave' one %eelin& over(helmed by the &ravity o% the 'ituation a' the'echildren died not havin& lived a %ull or meanin&%ul li%e E the victim' o% armed con%lict.

*he problem' a''ociated (ith con%lict (hich have been hi&hli&hted above areactively bein& con%ronted by 'everal humanitarian or&ani


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the medium o% education they can be tau&ht about peace and con%lict re'olution. *hi'(ould in return provide them (ith the mean' o% under'tandin& their 'ituation andprovide u'e%ul copin& mechani'm'.

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