Inlägg av Sven-Eric Söder

Till minne av Folke Bernadotte och 70 år av FN-insatser för fred

29 maj, 2018

En kikare, en dagbok och några FN-medaljer. Föremålen representerar vakande ögon i konfliktdrabbade länder, nedtecknade personliga reflektioner om utvecklingen på marken och den symboliska belöningen för väl genomfört uppdrag i fredens tjänst. På medaljens baksida står ”In the service of peace”. När en porträttbyst av Folke Bernadotte i dag avtäcks i Den goda gärningens rum i Sveriges Riksdag […]

Conflict resources and the rule of law

18 maj, 2018

Over 40 per cent of all intrastate conflicts have a link to natural resources and, while it is not new evidence as such, less than a quarter of peace negotiations actually aim to resolve conflicts by addressing resource management mechanisms. By the same token, links to natural resources are rarely included in the design of […]

Challenges Forum: A platform for improving peace operations

3 maj, 2018

Recently I joined the team at the International Secretariat of the Challenges Forum, or to give its full name: The International Forum for the Challenges of Peace Operations. Challenges Forum, CF for short, is a global partnership of 49 leading organizations and departments working on peace operations, representing 22 countries from across all regions of […]