Conflict and peace-building
Unrest has become a state of normality in many countries - war and conflict directly undermine vital development work
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CAFOD Policy Statement on East Timor
This paper outlines some of the medium and long-term policy goals on East Timor. It does not deal with peacekeeping issues or the immediate humanitarian needs generated by the crisis, which have so far dominated the international response
(September 1999)
Iraq, Sanctions, and the war against terrorism
Briefing paper
New sanctions against Iraq - May 2002
Briefing paper
A People Sacrificed: Sanctions Against Iraq
The current comprehensive sanctions regime imposed on Iraq by the United Nations Security Council should be immediately suspended and a new relationship initiated and developed between the international community and Iraq
(February 2001)
Landmines Update
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines, often referred to as the Ottawa Treaty, became international law on 1 March 1999
(August 1999)
 | New! Gaza Paper: Dashed Hopes (569.88 kB) CAFOD presents this report as part of an international coalition of 22 development, human rights and peace-building organisations. We're calling for renewed international action to ensure an immediate, unconditional and complete lifting of the blockade. |
![Palestinians carry their belongings as they leave their house after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City [REUTERS/Suhaib Salem courtesy of www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/palestine/images/people-carrying-belongings/985222-2-eng-GB/people-carrying-belongings_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion (1.71 MB) The situation for 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is worse now than it has ever been since the start of the Israeli military occupation in 1967. The current situation in Gaza is man-made, completely avoidable and, with the necessary political will, can also be reversed |
![Ex-civil war combatant Aminata Sesav (in yellow) is training as a hairdresser with Caritas [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sierra-leone/images/sierra-leonean-ex-combatant-trains-as-a-hairdresser/3886-2-eng-GB/sierra-leonean-ex-combatant-trains-as-a-hairdresser_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Consolidating the Peace (835.21 kB) Views from Sierra Leone and Burundi on the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) - a study by ActionAid, CAFOD and CARE International. This shadow report assesses the first year of the PBC’s work in its first two focus countries. It shows that the PBC’s impact has been largely positive and well received, but that important challenges remain |
