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    PRESS RELEASE
    United Nations Development Programme / Armenia
    14 Petros Adamyan St., Yerevan 0010
    Contact: Mr. Hovhannes Sarajyan, Communications Associate
    Tel: +37410 566 073
    E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:hovhannes.sa [email protected]>
    Web site: http://www.undp.am


    The launch of peacebuilding portal and directory on peacebuilding
    organizations was hosted in UN Office in Armenia

    Yerevan, 12 November 2009 - Today a peacebuilding portal and a book
    "The Directory of Peacebuilding Organizations in the Central and
    Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States" were
    officially launched at the UN Office in Armenia with participation of
    Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative (UNDP DRR) in
    Armenia, H.E. Hans-Jochen Schmidt, Ambassador of the Federal Republic
    of Germany to Armenia, and Ms. Dziunik Aghajanian, head of Department
    of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
    the Republic of Armenia.

    The peacebuilding portal and the publication of the book is a joint
    activity of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
    and UNDP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
    Germany.

    The peacebuilding portal aims to promote collaboration and
    consultation among organizations and individuals working in conflict
    prevention and peacebuilding. It assists those in civil society, local
    and national governments, and the international community with
    information on a specific country or conflict theme, such as
    peacebuilding, conflict management, gender issues, disarmament,
    environment, development, and human rights, in a results based, real
    time way.

    The publication aims to provide newly collected information in English
    and in Russian about civil society and national organizations in the
    CIS and in CEE working in the field of conflict prevention and
    peacebuilding.

    Welcoming the participants, Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP DRR outlined the
    role of the UN system in the field of conflict prevention in general
    and highlighted in particular UNDP's approach to conflict sensitive
    development. "UNDP has reaffirmed that crisis prevention should be
    integral part of sustainable human development strategies. For UNDP
    "peacebuilding" means the integration of conflict prevention into
    development programmes, building and accompanying national processes
    and institutions for conflict management, and building consensus
    through dialogue" Mr. Boberg said.

    The UNDP DRR stated that a successful preventive strategy depends on
    the cooperation of many actors beyond the UN system and its different
    organs, funds and programs. It includes member states, international,
    regional, and sub-regional organizations, the private sector,
    non-governmental organizations, and other civil society groups who
    have an important role to play. In this context the Peacebuilding
    Portal will play a pivotal role to facilitate information
    dissemination, information exchange, and networking among national and
    international stakeholders.

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    UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and
    connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help
    people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries,
    working with them on their own solutions to global and national
    development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on
    the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners. UNDP in Armenia was
    established in 1993 and supports the Government of Armenia to reach
    its own development priorities and the Millennium Development Goals by
    2015.
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