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class=878455017-05072011>c</SPAN>olleagues,<BR><BR>ELI<SPAN
class=878455017-05072011> and the Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF) Research
Foundation Japan, in partnership with the Woodrow <?xml:namespace prefix = st1
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w:st="on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for Scholars, are</SPAN> hosting an all-day
international symposium on <U>Harnessing natural resources for peacebuilding:
Lessons from <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and
Japanese assistance</U><SPAN class=941465917-05072011> from 9:00 to 5:00
</SPAN>on July 20, 201<SPAN class=941465917-05072011>1 at the Wilson
Center</SPAN>. As many of you already know, ELI has been coordinating a
global project with UNEP and other partners on post-conflict peacebuilding
through natural resource management. This symposium is part of a companion
project that focuses on <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> and Japanese peacebuilding
experiences through bilateral assistance. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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<st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
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id=lw_1309356043_0>Japan</SPAN></SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region> are two
of the largest sources of bilateral assistance to countries seeking to rebuild
after conflict. Decades of experience illustrates the need for more effective
approaches to post-conflict peacebuilding and diplomacy. Natural resource
management offers as-yet underutilized approaches for <SPAN
class=878455017-05072011>improving </SPAN>peacebuilding.</SPAN><SPAN
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<BR>The symposium celebrates the development of a book entitled <I>Harnessing
Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons from <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> and
Japanese Assistance. </I>Drawing upon analyses by <st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and Japanese researchers and practitioners
of projects from <SPAN style="CURSOR: pointer"
id=lw_1309356043_1><st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN
class=yshortcuts>Afghanistan</SPAN></SPAN></st1:country-region>, <SPAN
style="CURSOR: pointer" id=lw_1309356043_2><st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN
class=yshortcuts>Iraq</SPAN></SPAN></st1:country-region>, <SPAN
style="CURSOR: pointer" id=lw_1309356043_3><SPAN class=yshortcuts>the
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Philippines</SPAN></st1:country-region></SPAN>,
Timor-Leste, and elsewhere, the book identifies lessons and opportunities for
how natural resource management programs can strengthen <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> and
Japanese peacebuilding initiatives. </SPAN><SPAN
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style="COLOR: #336633">RSVP:</SPAN></B> e-mail <SPAN
class=yiv668597398yshortcuts><SPAN
id=yiv668597398lw_1309353417_0>hopkin@eli.org</SPAN></SPAN> <B>by July
15</B>. There is no charge to attend and lunch will be provided as part of
the event. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come-first-served
basis.</SPAN></P>
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