OSCE conflict management and the Kyrgyz experience in 2010 : advanced potentials, lack of will, limited options / Frank Evers. Hamburg : Centre for OSCE Research, 2012 ; Halle (Saale) : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2012
Content
Contents
Executive Summary
1. Defining OSCE conflict management
1.1. OSCE conflict management in a broader sense
1.2. OSCE conflict management in a narrower sense
1.3. Specifics of OSCE conflict management
2. Establishing and cutting conflict-management structures in 1992-95 and since 2001
2.1. Rapid build-up of structures in 1992-95
2.2. Steady reduction of structures since 2001
2.3. Composition of OSCE conflict management structures
OSCE Chairmanship
OSCE Secretariat
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM)
OSCE field operations
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA)
2.4. OSCE mechanisms and procedures for handling conflicts and crisis situations
3. Verbal encouragement for conflict management in the Corfu Process in 2009-10
4. Examining conflict management under the “V to V Dialogue” format in 2011
5. Specific conflict management issues under discussion
Consensus principle or pre-positioned consensus
Codifying conflict management
Clarifying the roles of the Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General
Improving early warning capacities
Increasing analytical capacities
Taking timely preventive action
Developing confidence-building measures
Post-conflict rehabilitation with emphasis on democratization
Non-coercive peacekeeping or a role in peacekeeping
6. The Kyrgyz events in 2005 and 2010
6.1. Pattern of conflict in Kyrgyzstan
6.2. The Tulip Revolution in 2005: Change of elites
6.3. The public uprising in April 2010: Unexpected reshuffle of elites
6.4. Violence in June 2010: Ethnic clashes with complex background
7. Experience with OSCE conflict management in Kyrgyzstan
7.1. OSCE early warning activities in Kyrgyzstan
7.2. OSCE conflict prevention in Kyrgyzstan
7.3. OSCE conflict resolution and mediation in Kyrgyzstan
7.4. OSCE post-conflict reconciliation and rehabilitation in Kyrgyzstan
8. Conclusions from OSCE conflict management in Kyrgyzstan 2010
9. Final remarks
Annex