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Dear colleague,



Below is an announcement for a study abroad opportunity for students
interested in conflict resolution and Latin America. We believe you, your
colleagues and your students might benefit from the information included,
as it is very related to your area of studies.

Please feel free to forward it to anyone else who may be interested, or to
contact me if you have any questions about the program, application
procedures and/or our organization

Best regards,

Arjan K. Shahani Moreno
Latin American Symposium
Program Officer, IIMCR
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SUMMER OPPORTUNITY IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS

  WHO: The Institute for International Mediation and Conflict
Resolution(IIMCR), in cooperation with Tec de Monterrey and The Elliott
School of International Affairs at The George Washington University

  WHAT: The 2003 Latin American Student Symposium on Negotiation and
  Conflict Resolution

  WHERE: Monterrey, Mexico

  WHEN: June 14-July 12, 2003 (Application Deadlines: Early Decision-Jan.
10; Regular Decision-February 28)

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  Vast disparities and clearly-defined lines between the wealthy and the
poor; authoritarian governments with little respect for human rights;
labor, environmental, and economic exploitation and crises; indigenous
peoples robbed of their livelihoods and their capacities for
self-determination; increasingly scarce natural resources; small arms
proliferation and other remnants of Cold War politics; paramilitaries and
guerrillas pitted against each other with civilians caught in the
cross-fire; the War on Drugs; destructive and dehumanizing images of the
"other"-all feed into the quagmire that is violent conflict in Latin
America. But there are alternatives. Ways exist to disentangle and analyze
the elements of conflict in order to steer it towards a constructive
course; there is an ever-growing body of knowledge and skill focused on
transforming conflict and preventing it from becoming violent in the first
place.

The nature of conflict in Latin America-be it political, commercial, or
local-has changed over the past decade. The region is strengthening its
democratic institutions but also feeling the repercussions of economic
globalization. Even while coming to terms with the Cold War-sponsored
horrors of its recent past, Latin America is facing present crises like
the civil war in Colombia (neatly fit into the new War on Terrorism
paradigm) and a collapsed economy in Argentina.  The challenges of the
current state of Latin American affairs require us-now more than ever-to
respond more conscientiously and effectively with appropriate conflict
resolution practices.

IIMCR's Latin American Student Symposium on Negotiation and Conflict
Resolution is specifically designed to narrow the divide between the
theory and practice of conflict resolution-to prepare young people to
understand and constructively address conflict in Latin America. During
the four-week-long program, participants from around the world  will
sharpen their understanding of conflict resolution through lectures,
negotiation and mediation trainings and detailed multilateral simulations.
They will learn from and network with IIMCR's renowned summer faculty of
conflict resolution practitioners, diplomats, academics and activists. The
Symposium is academically accredited by our local university partner, Tec
de Monterrey, and open to graduate students, highly-qualified
undergraduate students, and young professionals.

  And, the IIMCR Symposium experience does not end after four weeks.
  Participants can always turn to IIMCR and its first-rate instructors for
support in the form of career and project guidance, and for resources in
the field. They also will have continued access to their greatest
collective asset-each other-through the vast IIMCR Alumni Network of
students and young professionals making a difference in the field of
conflict resolution.

  For more information, or to apply, visit our website at www.iimcr.org.

  If you have questions, or would like to receive materials (brochures,
  posters, CD-roms) for distribution, please e-mail
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  202-347-2042.