Carnegie Corporation of New York established the Carnegie Commission
on Preventing Deadly Conflict in May 1994 to address the looming threats
to world peace of intergroup violence and to advance new ideas for the
prevention and resolution of deadly conflict. The Commission is examining
the principal causes of deadly ethnic, nationalist, and religious conflicts
within and between states and the circumstances that foster or deter their
outbreak. Taking a long-term, worldwide view of violent conflicts that
are likely to emerge, the Commission seeks to determine the functional
requirements of an effective system for preventing mass violence and to
identify the ways in which such a system could be implemented. The Commission
is also looking at the strengths and weaknesses of various international
entities in conflict prevention and considering ways in which international
organizations might contribute toward developing an effective international
system of nonviolent problem solving.
Commission publications fall into three categories: Reports of the Commission,
Reports to the Commission, and Discussion Papers. Reports of the Commission
have been endorsed by all Commissioners. Reports to the Commission are
published as a service to scholars, practitioners, and the interested public.
They have undergone peer review, but the views that they express are those
of the author or authors, and Commission publication does not imply that
those views are shared by the Commission as a whole or by individual Commissioners.
Discussion papers are similar to Reports to the Commission but address
issues that are more time-sensitive in nature.
Additional copies of this report may be obtained free of charge from the Commission's headquarters:
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 715
Washington, DC 20036-2103
Phone: (202) 332-7900 Fax: (202) 332-1919
e-mail: pdc@carnegie.org
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All rights reserved.
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