Reference no: EM133818379

Assignment:

INTERNATONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION: Negotiation & Mediation,

Please review this website on peace mediation by the country of Finland:

Now please read Document "Mediation Simulation" below:

"You are a professional mediator, employed by an international NGO which specializes in mediating between conflict parties in armed conflicts. Your organization has been asked by the Governments of Trissland and Looshland to mediate the multilateral negotiations on the political resolution of the conflicts in Mountainia.

You are glad that the ceasefire agreement has already been signed so that you can focus on supporting the sides in finding solutions to the problems at the root of the conflicts (human rights abuses) as well as the problems which have been created as a result of the conflict (displacement, non-state armed formations).

You are also glad to know that you have the support of the UN in your work. You can call on their experts if there are any aspects of the conflict in which impartial technical expertise becomes necessary. You can quietly ask the UN Secretary General to use his political influence to encourage the conflict parties to be more cooperative in the negotiations. And you have been promised that the UN will convene a group of international donors which will fund the reconstruction and reconciliation processes which will need to begin in Mountainia as soon as the political negotiations which you are mediating come to a conclusion.

Your job is not to come up with solutions but to ask the right questions...

1. As a mediator, what are you looking for in this scenario to aid your success? (hint: ripeness, etc.) Be sure to explain what these concepts mean. (Note these concepts are important in both Negotiation and Mediation and you may find them in either Chapter 3 or 4)
2. What are some of the questions you would ask to help find solutions to the problems in this scenario (human rights abuses, displacement, non-state armed formations) in order to facilitate this mediation?