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GUATEMALA POST WAR

NATURAL HAZARDS: GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF COUNTRIES OF CONCERN - January 2006
Monthly update for January 2006 ...

23 Mar 2004
Pictures from Central America
Reuters photos show snapshots of daily life in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

06 May 2003
Award-winning photographer records women in war
Documentary photographer Jenny Matthews has been taking pictures of women in conflict zones since the 1980s. A book of her photos was published last week and an exhibition of some of the images opened at a London gallery. Ruth Gidley attended the launch.

03 Mar 2003
ICRC urges new rules on war disappearances
Tens of thousands of people are missing as a result of conflicts, leaving families and friends to wait for years -- often in vain -- for news of their fate. A conference organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross has called for greater consideration for relatives, better ways of identification and stronger laws to prevent disappearances.

01 Jan 2002
Guatemala's war refugees have second thoughts
Up to 150,000 Guatemalan refugees fled into neighbouring Mexico in the early 1980s during the bloodiest years of the Central American nation's civil war. More than 40,000 have since returned, but the government's failure to meet their expectations has led many to regret the move.

01 Jan 2002
CARE USA: making the connections to build peace
Marge Tsitouris, CARE USA's head of emergencies, promotes Do No Harm, an analytical tool for NGOs to examine their role in conflicts to avoid accidentally exacerbating divisions and instead promote peace-building. She spoke to Ruth Gidley during a week of training events in Britain.

Last updated:Tue Jan 2 22:47:42 2007