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What does it mean?
Commitment to peace and elections is presented as permanent.
In plain terms
We promise no return to armed conflict.
What can you take from it?
Peaceful elections are the only path forward.

Where it applies

  • post-conflict
  • political transition
  • negotiation

Putting it to work

  • policy making
  • reconciliation

Questions to consider

  • How is peace maintained?
  • Can conflicts be fully resolved?

Another view

Promises of peace may not reflect reality on the ground.

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