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17 May 2006
ISS Programme Highlights: 17 May 2006
The Africa Security Analysis Programme (ASAP) hosted the Regional Manager in the Finnish DFA on DRC and Dafur and had US War College participants attending their morning briefing. The head of the Programme met with colleagues at the Centre for Policy Research and Dialogue (CPRD) on the project on “Local Conflicts in the IGAD Region” in Addis Ababa. In the same week, the programme held a seminar on the DRC, had the opportunity to make a presentation at the National Defence University and briefed a French military-industrial delegation on the African Battle Space. Discussions were also held with Ram Chandra, a counselor at the High Commission of the Republic of Singapore on political Islam in South Africa. The programme took part in a symposium on acts of terrorism in the new millennium at the South African National Defence College. At the request of Pan African Parliament, the programme assisted the Committee on Cooperation, International Relations and Conflict Resolution to prepare resolutions on conflict situations in the DRC, Ivory Coast, Chad and Sudan. During this week in Helsinki colleagues from programme will give presentations at the Finnish War College on “Characteristics of Conflicts in Africa” and the Battle Space.
The Arms Management Programme (AMP) hosted a seminar titled: ‘International Arms Control Agreements at a Crossroads’ on 12 May. Staff members met with the Department of Defence to discuss the National Conventional Arms Control Committee and state of affairs regarding the implementation of arms export legislation. The programme will co-host a workshop with SaferRwanda for government and civil society in Kigali to discuss the UN Review Conference on small arms from 24 to 25 May. The programme is also busy with preparations for a workshop on cattle rustling in Nairobi from 5 to 6 June with EAPCCO, while at the same time making preparations for a civil society workshop co-hosted by AMP and IANSA from 15 to 17 May in Pretoria. AMP is preparing for a Rwandan government / civil society consultation on the Review Conference to be held in Kigali during the week and will also attend a meeting with the Gun Control Alliance on the proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Act. The programme provided the ‘Biting the Bullet’ project with information relating to South Africa’s implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms.
The ISS Cape Town Office is busy preparing the Apartheid Corruption report for launch and is involved in preparations for a money laundering briefing to the judiciary in Malawi. Staff members last week met the Vice Consul of the Russian Federation, Alexander Anikin, to discuss the financial regulation of charities, non-governmental organisations and occasional fund-raisers in Russia and South Africa.
The head of the Crime and Justice Programme is attending an organised study tour in Germany from 13 – 19 May on “Safety and Security Networking with Germany”. The programme is busy preparing for a seminar in Cape Town on police harassment of sex workers and the first meeting of the research advisory panel on human trafficking which will be held on 17 May.
The Defence Sector Programme hosted a delegation from the US National Defence University for a short roundtable on "Analysis of the Privatized Military Industry with a focus on commercial industries' support to stability operations and reconstruction within the framework of military transformation", while the Training for Peace Programme held discussions on support for the IGAD Executive Council meeting, drafting a compendium of EASBRIG policy manuals. Regional Projects received an official request extended to the ISS to provide ongoing research and technical support to the Pan-African Parliament Committee on Cooperation, International Relations and Conflict Resolution.
The Southern African Human Security Programme held a joint seminar on the elections in the DRC and also attended a workshop on new good governance models in Uganda.
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