As Armenia inaugurates a president tomorrow amid its worst political crisis this century, the international community must press it to defuse tensions to ensure stability and the environment to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. The incoming administration of Serzh Sarkisian must begin by urgently seeking credible dialogue with the opposition, releasing prisoners detained on political grounds, stopping arrests and harassment of the opposition and lifting all measures limiting freedom of assembly and expression. Unless prompt steps are taken to address the crisis, the U.S. and EU should suspend foreign aid and put on hold negotiations on further and closer cooperation.
2 April 2008
Elections for Nepal’s Constituent Assembly on 10 April could be marred by political violence, but if all parties cooperate, it will open the next stage in the peace process.
20 March 2008
The international community needs to have contingency plans ready in anticipation of rigged elections in Zimbabwe on 29 March that could precipitate a potentially violent crisis.
Международная Группа по Предотвращению Кризисов «Крайсис Груп» - это некоммерческая, независимая международная организация, насчитывающая более 110 сотрудников на пяти континентах. Она создана для укрепления способности международного сообщества прогнозировать, понимать и действовать в целях предотвращения и сдерживания конфликтов.