PHOTO: Brazil: In December 2001, a girl, Elaine da Paixao Santos, stands in front of a wall on which she has drawn a heart and the inscription "I love you, mom" in Portuguese, on the grounds of the Mother City Foundation in La Paz, a poor neighbourhood in Salvador, capital of the eastern state of Bahia in Brazil. Elaine lives with her grandmother to avoid the fighting in her parents’ home. (UNICEF/HQ01-0442/Claudio Versiani)
UNICEF. (September 2004). TRANSFORMING VIOLENT CONFLICT AND BUILDING PEACE, WCAR WORKSHOP REPORT (DRAFT), Dakar, Senegal: UNICEF.

Minutes of a conference held in Dakar, Senegal. Important UN-staff as well as political and religious leaders were discussing different topics about armed conflict and peace building in West Africa such as: General overview over the situation and definition of used terms, civil society and media, children and young people, policy makers, wrap up, recommendations and next steps.
Each discussion round was followed by a question-answer session.


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