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  International Crisis Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The International Crisis Group is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization whose mission is to prevent and resolve deadly conflicts through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy.
Crisis Group is chaired by former British politician and European Commissioner for External Affairs, Chris Patten (Lord Patten of Barnes).
Crisis Group is funded through donations by western governments, various foundations and organisations (many based in the US), corporations, and individuals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Crisis_Group   (355 words)

  
 International Crisis Group - SourceWatch
"ICG's international headquarters are in Brussels, with advocacy offices in Washington DC, New York, Moscow and London.
ICG is chaired by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari; and its President and Chief Executive since January 2000 has been former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans.
Former Congressman Stephen Solarz and Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce Maria Livanos Cattaui serve as the ICG Vice-Chairmen.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=International_Crisis_Group   (556 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Do Americans care about Darfur? - An International Crisis Group/Zogby ...
Major international players have justified their failure to resolve the situation by citing an array of bureaucratic, diplomatic and political hurdles that stand in the way of a more robust response to the situation on the ground.
In that light, the International Crisis Group was particularly keen to more fully explore the attitudes of the American public about the situation in Darfur and what steps it felt were warranted in response.
Crisis Group commissioned the respected Zogby International polling firm to conduct a public opinion survey in the United States during May 2005.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6CY4RT?OpenDocument   (1233 words)

  
 Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Several opposition parties do operate as unregistered groups, and their activities are sometimes tolerated by the authorities, but there have been frequent arrests or detentions of activists from such parties, particularly the Erk party.
Most of the international community is united in its assessment of the Government of Uzbekistan's policies: the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has cut public lending; the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has issued critical policy statements; other IFIs have also limited lending to central government.
ICG has done considerable field work and polling on these issues and we have reported on the strongly negative trends in public opinion of U.S. policies in the region.
wwwc.house.gov /international_relations/108/sch061504.htm   (2626 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP - NEW REPORT
The U.S., the EU and international financial institutions should make it clear there will be no end to targeted sanctions, no prospect of substantial aid, and no resumption of normal relations unless there are real changes, not only in the names at the top of government structures but in governance.
The International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation covering over 50 crisis-affected countries and territories across four continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
In particular, the U.S., the EU and the international financial institutions should make it clear that there will be no end to targeted sanctions, no prospect of substantial aid, and no resumption of normal relations unless there are real changes, not only in the names at the top of government structures but in governance.
www.genocidewatch.org /ZimbabweICGReportJune2005.htm   (1859 words)

  
 The International Crisis Group (ICG) * Crisis Group Shocked at New Ban on Sidney Jones
Jones was denied entry on Thursday as she was returning to Jakarta from Taipei, where she had accepted an award from TIME magazine on behalf of Crisis Group, which had been designated in TIME's 10 October Asian edition as one of "Asia's Heroes 2005" for its work on conflict prevention and resolution.
She had obtained a work permit and a residence permit without difficulty, and all signs were positive that Crisis Group would be allowed to continue its work in analysing sources of conflict and extremist violence in South East Asia.
A Crisis Group report on the Aceh peace process, issued on 15 August 2005, the day an accord between the Indonesian government and the Aceh rebels was signed in Helsinki, was praised inside Indonesia and out as identifying issues that needed to be addressed to keep the peace on track.
www.geocities.com /haroekoe/icg261105.htm   (356 words)

  
 Albania: State of the Nation. Part II. International Crisis Group. March, 2000
Pollo is one of a group of relative moderates within the DP, who want to see a freer exchange of ideas in the party and more liberal policies, and who regard as urgent the need to increase the DP's standing in the eyes of the voters.
The international community is pushing the Albanian Government to improve law and order and has stressed that further international aid to Albania will be conditional upon an improved security situation.
International actors - in particular the European Union and the World Bank - must remain engaged and committed to assisting Albania in combating its most urgent problems: organised crime, illegal smuggling and drug trafficking, as well as a whole host of domestic problems, including access to education, which have developed out of weak state institutions.
www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /Kosovo/Albania2.htm   (6056 words)

  
 TIMEasia Magazine: Asia's Heroes - International Crisis Group
For 10 years Crisis Group has undertaken the task of predicting and resolving deadly conflicts worldwide—from North Korea, where the group's analysts are widely considered to be the foremost experts on the opaque nation's economic and political maneuvers, to the nuclear-tinged relations between Pakistan and India.
Crisis Group's grassroots approach to resolving long-running conflicts is what sets it apart from other think tanks.
In Crisis Group's judgment, an external military intervention at that point might have derailed the peace process and rekindled the fighting.
www.time.com /time/asia/2005/heroes/icg.html   (584 words)

  
 CRIN - Child Rights Information Network - Organisations - International Crisis Group
Crisis Group’s reports and briefing papers are distributed widely by email and printed copy to officials in foreign ministries and international organisations and made generally available at the same time via the organisation’s Internet site, www.crisisgroup.org.
Crisis Group works closely with governments and those who influence them, including the media, to highlight its crisis analyses and to generate support for its policy prescriptions.
Crisis Group’s international headquarters are in Brussels, with advocacy offices in Washington DC, New York, London and Moscow.
www.crin.org /organisations/viewOrg.asp?ID=2319   (325 words)

  
 PressInfo # 219, Crisis Group. Who Pays the Piper?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While ICG reports are certainly not without information and knowledge, much remain on the level of commentarism and piecing together data from interviews with representatives of formal power, such as politicians, and readings of newspapers.
Crisis Group is not the only near-governmental organisation posing as non-governmental in the field of conflict "prevention" and peacemaking.
With a critique of the International Crisis Group
www.transnational.org /pressinf/2005/pi219_IntCrisisGroup.html   (1819 words)

  
 International Crisis Group predicts trouble for and in Uzbekistan - Muslim Uzbekistan || English Section
ICG urges the international community and first and foremost Central Asian countries to be ready because ramifications of another uprising in Uzbekistan may be much more serious.
ICG executives are convinced that it is necessary to organize refresher courses for the regional immigration services right now to improve their knowledge of the international law and prepare them for the exodus of refugees from Uzbekistan.
ICG emphasizes that it is not calling for international isolation of Uzbekistan and that it is Uzbekistan itself that chooses isolation.
www.muslimuzbekistan.net /en/centralasia/featured/story.php?ID=2920   (875 words)

  
 [news] INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP - NEW REPORT
Kosovo: Toward Final Status,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the mounting tensions in the province and says that independence is the only solution that can dispel the gathering storm.
The International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) is an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, with over 100 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
The international community, in particular the member states of the Contact Group, must decide whether to regain control of the agenda or allow matters to slip until unpleasant new facts are created on the ground that they will have to deal with.
www.mail-archive.com /news@antic.org/msg07001.html   (1762 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP - NEW BRIEFING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A New Sudan Action Plan,* the latest briefing by the International Crisis Group, outlines a policy blueprint for the next steps required in Darfur, where as many as 10,000 civilians or more die each month, and elsewhere in the giant country.
The International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) is an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation covering over 50 crisis-affected countries and territories across four continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
The key international organisations and concerned governments should urgently agree and coordinate at a high level on what is necessary, without regard to institutional prerogatives or national prestige.
www.genocidewatch.org /sudanicgnewsudanactionplan26april05.htm   (758 words)

  
 International Crisis Group
The most troubling obstacle that has emerged to implementation of the CPA is lack of political will on the side of the government and its ruling National Congress Party, which realise fundamental change would necessarily come at the expense of their special interests.
The international community must be aware of the likelihood that the government and the National Congress Party will seek to undermine implementation in the coming months and years.
The international community must ensure that Khartoum does not act to undermine the peace and it should enable the South to build viable and representative public institutions", says Suliman Baldo, Crisis Group's Africa Program Director.
www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/newsprint.cgi?file=/news2005/0725-08.htm   (483 words)

  
 ABC News: Group Prevents Conflict Worldwide
The chair of the ICG is Lord Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong and former European commissioner for external affairs.
The president and CEO of the group is Gareth Evans, formerly foreign minister in the Australian government.
The Crisis Group is funded by governments, companies, private donors, and various charitable foundations and organizations (mostly based in the U.S.).
abcnews.go.com /International/story?id=1390365&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (432 words)

  
 International Crisis Group Report from Mostar, February 13, 1997
The International Crisis Group (ICG) has examined evidence, including a sequence of photographs of the scene of the violence before and during the shooting, and TV footage of the violence in Mostar.
A group of about 20 Bosnian Croat youths carrying iron bars and wooden sticks, who had been loitering near the cemetery since that morning and prepared for an incident, were behind the Bosnian Croat police when the group of Bosniacs arrived.
ICG urges the international community in Bosnia to consider the following additional measures to break the cycle of impunity in Mostar and diffuse the crisis before it is too late:
www.haverford.edu /relg/sells/mostar/icg.html   (1968 words)

  
 International Crisis Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The International Crisis Group (ICG) is committed to strengthening the capacity of the international community to anticipate, understand, and act to prevent and contain conflict.
ICG works closely with governments and those who influence them, including the media, to highlight its crisis analyses and to generate support for its policy recommendations.
ICG is one of two organizations to which omidyar.net member Cynthia Gentry donated proceeds from her showing of the movie Hotel Rwanda.
www.omidyar.net /group/on/ws/international_crisis_group   (188 words)

  
 Crisisweb: the International Crisis Group's on-line system
If this grave breach of signed agreements is not challenged by the international community, however, it will set a precedent that the parties have no reason to take other parts of the peace process seriously, including any final agreement and accompanying international guarantees that may be reached.
ICG has learned that monitors on the ground have indeed verified the new and continuing attacks by the government and its allied militias but, perhaps because administrative details for this official reporting mechanism have not been finalised, the mechanism or the governments that back it have said nothing publicly.
The international community should not only condemn the Sudanese government for these violations of its signed agreements but should also push urgently to make the agreed verification mechanism for the cessation of hostilities agreement fully operational.
www.mafhoum.com /press4/137P2.htm   (773 words)

  
 Suez Crisis - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Suez Crisis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cold War politics came into play during the Suez Crisis, and the UK and France found themselves unable to act independently of the USA in a way that they could have done before World War II.
The support given to Egypt by the Soviets during the Suez Crisis increased their influence in the region, and this was sealed during the 1960s when the USSR provided much of the funding for the Aswan High Dam project in Egypt.
The Suez Crisis, therefore, had a significant role in the Cold War as well as in the conflict between Egypt and the former colonial powers of Britain and France.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Suez%20Crisis   (373 words)

  
 International Crisis Group Calls AIDS a Security Threat
ICG is a private, multinational research and analysis organization devoted to helping prevent and contain conflict.
ICG concludes that UNGA has the opportunity to contain the security threat if it acts promptly to mobilize necessary leadership and resources to contain the spread of the disease.
With increased international attention to the disease, and infections in many countries rising fast but not yet out of control, this is a window of opportunity that the international community, donor and recipient nations, and the business community cannot afford to miss.
www.usembassy.it /file2001_06/alia/a1062008.htm   (1100 words)

  
 Balkan Express
ICG’s Board is stacked with notables, many of whom had a hand in the Balkans tragedies of the past ten years.
ICG’s solution for Kosovo is "conditional independence" — a concept falsely presented last fall as a UN-sanctioned solution, while in reality penned by a self-proclaimed "independent commission" headed by another ICTY alumnus, Richard Goldstone.
To be honest, ICG does acknowledge that "opposition to independence is strong, especially in parts of the north, but it does not appear severe enough to trigger violence or a counter separatist movement." Well, as long as people do not intend to actually fight for their rights, by all means, trample them.
www.antiwar.com /malic/m050301.html   (1869 words)

  
 Crisis, at the International Crisis Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The ICG scholars could not read the hand writings on the wall that the Burmese army is suppressing the pro democracy movement with numerous arrest and is use in ethnic cleansing, the proof of which are so abundant.
The ICG paper offers some lame suggestions with regard to the future status of the armed forces such as permitting in administrative duties, in national reconstruction and development, war on drugs, and other political and civilian spheres which amounts to inviting it to intrude into or intervene in politics.
The paper urges the international community to "abandon the kind of thinking that sees any progress achieved under the military government as an obstacle to democratization and therefore something to be neither supported nor encouraged or even acknowledged." This hypothesis is ridiculous because anything positive the Junta achieves it claims to its legitimacy.
www.mizzima.com /archives/nf/2002/nf-dec02-kbzw01.htm   (1231 words)

  
 Burundi: Crisis Group Report
The wider international community, including the United States and key European states, greeted the efforts of regional leaders to impose a solution on Burundi through a combination of economic pressure and negotiations with barely disguised relief.
The international community should therefore be ready to support the establishment of a transition government tasked with overseeing and contributing to the process of internal dialogue and with taking part in the external, regional peace process.
In addition, the international community should be ready to send both financial and technical assistance to help improve the functioning and strengthen the independence of the judiciary.
www.africaaction.org /docs98/bur9806b.htm   (1797 words)

  
 African Studies Center :: Careers in the International Field — A Student Workshop
International experts Salih Booker of Africa Action; John Prendergast of International Crisis Group and Peter Takirambudde of Human Rights Watch discuss careers in international affairs.
Students were urged to gain international experience as soon as possible and seek voluntary positions or internships in their area of interest.
The international field has become increasingly competitive over the years and maximizing one’s international experience is imperative.
www.international.ucla.edu /africa/article.asp?parentid=18802   (440 words)

  
 International Crisis Group Calls On Chief Justice To Resign
The Brussels-based International Crisis Group this week called for Afghanistan's chief justice to step down before the world community begins a much-needed $30 million revamp of the justice system in the shattered Asian nation.
The ICG claims Shinwari has no training in secular law, has stocked the Supreme Court with judges who lack qualifications in secular law and is steering the country toward fundamentalism even as Afghanistan struggles to define its new judicial character.
The ICG report stressed the importance of establishing a strong judicial system in a country racked by conflict and still largely under the sway of powerful regional commanders who can abuse human rights with impunity.
www.unwire.org /unwire/20030130/31749_story.asp   (331 words)

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