Tips for the U.N
1. Identify vulnerable areas through SPSS analysis of correlations between current living conditions and similar living conditions that led to past genocides.
2. Dig deep, provide more financial aid, all genocides occur in economic crises.
3. Provide medical aid.
4. Make psychological aid availible.
5. When violence occurs have negotiators passively reason with leaders from outside the country
6. Do not send troops. To me this indicates forceing western cultural values onto another culture which I think is wrong and only serves to create more hate.
7. Encourage countries to have a strong education system that includes courses on history that are unbiased, emphasize that violence has never achieved anything and that much more can be achieved through negotiation.
8. Provide educational resources where required.
Any comments welcome!!
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Great idea to brainstorm strategies. You can update this as you go (edit a post by using the pencil icon at the bottom of the post).
Question: What could be done via school education?
Thanks James. Recently updated the list with your reccomendations!
If anyone has any other suggestions I will gladly add them to my list. Maybe we could have it published haha
hey mike,
i think a pivotal factor in the cause such genocides is definitely a lack of education. the education we receive here in Australia is something i am very grateful for, and it has opened my eyes to the world (along with visiting many countries in my short life). by learning about past atrocities and various situations in history we should be better equipped to handle it. through education and living in Australia (being the multicultural society it is), i have learned that everyone is equal and different. but if people are not taught about history and other cultures, then they may have a naive and uninformed perspective. in Rwanda, if the people have been raised with the thoughts that some other group of citizens is inferior, then i think they would be more inclined to perform such bad deeds?
hi graeme. Yeah I agree education is a huge factor. It would be interesting to see exactly what kind of an education kids in places like Rwanda etc recieve.
Hi Mike, I do like your 'plan to prevent genocide' - it'd be nice to see it implimented, but as they always say, theory is tough to put into practice!
I used the mind meister program that james listed as a suggested program...although it has been a bit of a pain to use, the overall map looks pretty good! Here is the way to put it into your blog:
1. once you've finished your map, click on 'share map' (down the bottom of the page)
2. click 'publish'
3. and copy the 'for inclusion in blogs and webpages' bit into your posting on your blog
As i mentioned above, it has been a bit of a pain to use, but with a bit of patience and perseverence i think i will master this program in the end! ha ha! Good luck!
Thanks alot for that Fi, took a bit of getting used to but I think Ive got the program figured out!
Good luck with your blog!
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