Peace makers are individuals and organisations involved in peacemaking

Peacemaking

Peacemaking is a form of conflict resolution which focuses on establishing equal power relationships that will be robust enough to forestall future conflict, and establishing some means of agreeing on ethical decisions within a community that has previously had conflict. In order to do so there...

 in countries affected by war

War

War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...

, violent conflict, and political instability. They engage in processes such as negotiation

Negotiation

Negotiation is a dialogue between two or more people or parties, intended to reach an understanding, resolve point of difference, or gain advantage in outcome of dialogue, to produce an agreement upon courses of action, to bargain for individual or collective advantage, to craft outcomes to satisfy...

, mediation

Mediation

Mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution , a way of resolving disputes between two or more parties. A third party, the mediator, assists the parties to negotiate their own settlement...

, conciliation

Conciliation

Conciliation is an alternative dispute resolution process whereby the parties to a dispute agree to utilize the services of a conciliator, who then meets with the parties separately in an attempt to resolve their differences...

, and arbitration

Arbitration

Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution , is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, where the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons , by whose decision they agree to be bound...

 – drawing on international law

International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...

 and normshttp://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/peacemaking/. The objective is to move a violent conflict into non-violent dialogue, where differences are settled through representative political institutions. http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/peacemaking/

Peacemaking

Peacemaking

Peacemaking is a form of conflict resolution which focuses on establishing equal power relationships that will be robust enough to forestall future conflict, and establishing some means of agreeing on ethical decisions within a community that has previously had conflict. In order to do so there...

 occurs at different levels – or tracks as they are often referred to. High level (governmental and international) peacemaking, involving direct talks between the leaders of conflicting parties is referred to as Track 1. Tracks 2 and 3 involve dialogue at a lower level, often unofficially between groups and parties to a violent conflict, as well as efforts to address the causes and impacts of violence.http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/track1_diplomacy/ Peace makers are active in all three tracks – or in what is called Multi-track diplomacy

Multi-track Diplomacy

The term multi track diplomacy evolved over a 10 year period. Mr. Joseph Montville, US foreign service officer coined the phrase “Track Two Diplomacy” in an article he wrote for “Foreign Policy” magazine in . Track one, as he described it, was government to government interaction in the field of...

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The Nobel Peace Laureates

The most prominent (and sometimes most controversial) peace makers are the Nobel Peace Laureates. 96 individuals and 20 organisations have been awarded the prize since 1901 as a recognition of their remarkable contributions to peace.

Contemporary Peace Makers on Wikipedia

Beyond the Laureates, there are many other established peace makers operating at different levels and diplomatic tracks. Some are included in Wikipedia – and they are listed here. Many do not have a Wikipedia listing – so this list should not be considered exclusive and requires further development. In alphabetical order, without prejudice to their track of operation, political affiliations, creed or nationality they are listed below.

Governmental and Inter-Governmental Peace Makers

Christopher Alexander (diplomat)

Christopher Alexander (diplomat)

Christopher "Chris" A. Alexander is the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for Ajax-Pickering in Ontario.-Background:Alexander earned a B.A. in History and Politics from McGill University in 1989 and an M.A...

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Paddy Ashdown

Paddy Ashdown

Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC , usually known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and diplomat....

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Pampha Bhusal

Pampha Bhusal

Pampha Bhusal is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Unified Communist Party of Nepal . She is a Central Committee member of UCPN. On December 30, 2007 she was appointed as Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare....

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Lakhdar Brahimi

Lakhdar Brahimi

Lakhdar Brahimi is a veteran United Nations envoy and advisor. He retired from his duties at the end of 2005. Brahimi is a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, the first global initiative to focus specifically on the link between exclusion, poverty and law...

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Ahmet Davutoğlu

Ahmet Davutoglu

Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu is a Turkish political scientist, an academic and an ambassador. On May 1, 2009, he was named Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey after being the chief advisor to the Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey.-Life and career:...

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Said Djinnit

Said Djinnit

Amb. Said Djinnit is an Algerian politician and currently serves as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa ....

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Jan Egeland

Jan Egeland

Jan Egeland was the United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator from June 2003 to December 2006. Egeland was appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and succeeded Kenzo Oshima...

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Kai Eide

Kai Eide

Kai Aage Eide is a Norwegian diplomat. He was appointed the United Nations Special Representative to Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on 7 March 2008, a position he held until March 2010 when Staffan de Mistura took over.Eide has previously served as...

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Jonas Gahr Støre

Jonas Gahr Støre

Jonas Gahr Støre is the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, having been appointed to Jens Stoltenberg's second cabinet on 17 October 2005. He represents the Norwegian Labour Party.-Personal life:...

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Thomas Greminger – see International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy

International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy

The EastWest Institute established the multiyear International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy as the flagship of its Conflict Prevention Program in May 2007...

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George Iacovou,
Mutula Kilonzo

Mutula Kilonzo

Mutula Kilonzo is a Kenyan politician and Senior Counsel, currently serving as Minister of Justice after having previously served as the Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya and was elected to represent the Mbooni Constituency.Educated at Mbooni...

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Ian Martin

Ian Martin

Ian Martin, from the United Kingdom, is a human rights activist who has been involved in a number of human rights organisations. He was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal for the United Nations Mission in Nepal from 2007 to 2009....

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Carolyn McAskie – see Peacebuilding Commission

Peacebuilding Commission

The Peacebuilding Commission was established in December 2005 by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council acting concurrently...

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Terje Rød-Larsen

Terje Rød-Larsen

Terje Rød-Larsen is a Norwegian diplomat, politician and sociologist.He came to wide international prominence as a key figure in the negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords, when he served as the Director of the Fafo institute...

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Nuala O'Loan

Nuala O'Loan

Nuala Patricia O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan, DBE is a noted public figure in Northern Ireland. She was the first Police Ombudsman in between 1999 and 2007. In July 2009, it was announced that she was to be appointed to the House of Lords. Consequently, she was raised to the peerage as Baroness O'Loan,...

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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah

Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah

Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah is a Mauritanian diplomat and former senior United Nations official.-Background:Ould-Abdallah graduated from secondary school in Dakar, Senegal. He studied economics at the University of Grenoble and the University of Paris and political science at the Sorbonne...

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Kieran Prendergast

Kieran Prendergast

Sir Kieran Prendergast is a British diplomat and a former Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations....

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William Ruto

William Ruto

William Kipchirchir Samoei arap Ruto is a Kenyan politician who was Minister for Higher Education until 19 October 2010 after being suspended for corruption. He is also one of the two deputy party leaders of the Orange Democratic Movement. He had previously served in the Ministry of Agriculture...

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Erik Solheim

Erik Solheim

Erik Solheim is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party . He holds two posts in the current Norwegian cabinet, and carries the title Minister of the Environment and Minister of Development Cooperation...

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Alvaro de Soto

Álvaro de Soto

Álvaro de Soto is a Peruvian diplomat. He ended a 25 year career with the United Nations in May 2007.-Early years:De Soto studied law and international relations in Lima and Geneva prior to enlisting in his country's diplomatic corps...

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Francesc Vendrell – see European Union Special Representative

European Union Special Representative

The European Union Special Representatives are emissaries of the European Union with specific tasks abroad. While the EU's ambassadors are responsible for affairs with a single country, Special Representatives tackle specific issues, conflict areas or regions of countries...

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Non-Governmental Peace Makers

Wolfgang Dietrich

Wolfgang Dietrich

Wolfgang Dietrich is an Austrian peace researcher and political scientist. He is a member of the faculty of the Institute for Political Science at the University of Innsbruck/Austria, visiting professor at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Vienna and the University for...

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Johan Galtung

Johan Galtung

Johan Galtung is a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He founded the Peace Research Institute Oslo in 1959, serving as its Director until 1970, and established the Journal of Peace Research in 1964...

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Suresh Joachim

Suresh Joachim

Suresh Joachim Arulanantham is a Tamil Canadian film actor, producer, and multiple-Guinness World Record holder who has broken 60 world records set in several countries in attempts to benefit underprivileged children around the world.-World records:...

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Martin Griffiths – see Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Centre for humanitarian dialogue

The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, otherwise known as the Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, or the HD Centre proclaims to be:"An independent and impartial organisation whose motivation is to reduce human suffering in war...

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John Paul Lederach

John Paul Lederach

John Paul Lederach is Professor of International Peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, and concurrently Distinguished Scholar at Eastern Mennonite University. He has written widely on conflict resolution and mediation. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University...

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David Nyheim

David Nyheim

David Nyheim is a peace-making strategist. His work over the last 15 years has focused on conflict early warning, dialogue process design and implementation, as well as forecasting and strategy.-Career history:...

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Kumar Rupesinghe

Kumar Rupesinghe

Kumar Rupesinghe is an academic and activist involved in social issues, particularlyHuman Rights, development issues, processes of globalisation, conflict prevention, conflict resolution and conflict transformation in the light of peacekeeping and peacebuilding for a harmonious coexistence among...

Ek Nath Dhakal

Ek Nath Dhakal

Ek Nath Dhakal is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Pariwar Dal, and a leader of the Unification Church. He is the head of the Nepal chapter of the Universal Peace Federation....

Selected Peace Making Organisations

There are many organisations involved in peacemaking. A selected list of prominent inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations is provided here. Additions to the list are welcome.

Centre for Conflict Resolution (South Africa)http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Centre for humanitarian dialogue

The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, otherwise known as the Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, or the HD Centre proclaims to be:"An independent and impartial organisation whose motivation is to reduce human suffering in war...

 (Switzerland), Community of Sant'Egidio (Italy)http://www.santegidio.it, Intergovernmental Authority on Development

Intergovernmental Authority on Development

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development is an eight-country regional development organization in East Africa. Its headquarters are located in Djibouti City....

 (Djibouti), International Alert (United Kingdom)http://www.international-alert.org, Organization of African Unity (Ethiopia), Responding to Conflict (United Kingdom)http://www.respond.org, Search for Common Ground (United States)http://www.sfcg.org, United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

Reverend Sun Myung Moon of Universal Peace Federation, swisspeace (Switzerland)http://www.swisspeace.ch/,