Mission StatementThe Center for International Conflict Resolution contributes to conflict transformation and peace-building of deadly conflict worldwide through research, education and practice. CICR responds directly to the expressed needs of parties involved in ongoing conflicts, empowering individuals and organizations to address conflicts constructively. CICR also coordinates its efforts with academics and practitioners from international, governmental and non-governmental organizations in joint research and action. MandateThe Center for International Conflict Resolution is located within the Salzman Institute for War and Peace Studies at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA),Columbia University. CICR’s mandate is to: - Produce and disseminate research to meet the academic standards of excellence set by Columbia University as a major center of research.
- Respond effectively to the academic needs of graduate students who come to the School for its world-renowned education and specialized training.
- Equip practitioners in the field with cutting edge tools, methodologies and knowledge to help them carry out their peacebuilding work.
- Help ensure that practice is conducted in a sustainable and long-term manner with early-warning and conflict prevention in mind.
- Fully honor its responsibility - to those people who are touched by deadly violence and its aftermath - to address conflict sensitively in a holistic and sustainable manner.
"I am very pleased and proud to be a part of CICR. I pledge my full support for these activities: there has been a solid record of progress, stretching around the globe from Colombia, to East Timor to Iraq, where CICR has had a presence and made a difference. As we continue to hear reports of conflicts in the troubled world in which we live, there will be no shortage of opportunities for people to engage in peacemaking, peace-building and peacekeeping: the unique fusion of formal education, and the participation in such efforts that CICR offers - and particularly on the part of such a great and internationally renowned Institution as Columbia - I think do make it unique among such institutions in the world". George Mitchell
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CICR Projects make a contribution to positive change during three moments of a conflict’s actual, or potential duration in the domains of prevention, peacemaking and peacebuilding.
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