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2⃣0⃣2⃣2⃣ has so far been a turbulent year for #peacemaking and #peacemediation. A 🧵 to capture some trends & themes, drawing on work of colleagues @CrisisGroup
1/#Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine has major repercussions on #peacemaking: undermines basic norms, increases polarization, poses “the gravest threat to international peace and security in decades”, as @CrisisGroup president & CEO @EroComfort wrote crisisgroup.org/global/watch-l…
2/@atwoodr #HoldYourFire podcast captures the global fallout of the war in Ukraine, including on peace talks crisisgroup.org/hold-your-fire…
Bidding farewell to @swisspeace this week after 6 years heading the #mediation team, 3 years together with Philipp Lustenberger (@Loschti). A unique team it is, answering 🔑 questions in #peacemediation practice, policy & research, often with partners. A 🧵with 1⃣4⃣ highlights👇
1⃣How do you train international mediators? Answer: in the 🇨🇭 mountains at the annual #PeaceMediationCourse, convened by @SwissPeaceHR and run by @CSS_Zurich & @swisspeace in the framework of the Mediation Support Project. peacemediation.ch @SimonJAMason
2⃣How do you include civil society into the Intra-Syrian Talks, against the odds? Answer: through the Civil Society Support Room, run by @UNEnvoySyria and implemented by @NOREFno & @swisspeace. See paper by @SaraHellmuller & @JoelleZahar 👉ipinst.org/2018/03/agains… @Ahmed_eleiba 
Lots of interesting online resources on #peacemediation have recently popped up. Here’s a compilation of interactive online platforms, which should be useful for #peacemediation practitioners and researchers alike👇
1/UN Peacemaker, the platform of platforms managed by the @UNDPPA Mediation Support Unit, with lots of useful resources, guidance documents, UN texts etc👉peacemaker.un.org @WhitfieldTeresa @AsifRKhanUN
2/Language of Peace, a database of peace agrement texts developed by @Cambridge_Uni and @UNDPPA, searchable by issue, country, conflict type etc👉languageofpeace.org/#/
