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International Contact Group (Basque Politics)
The International Contact Group (ICG) is a group promoted by Brian Currin aiming to "expedite, facilitate and enable the achievement of political normalization in the Basque Country". The members of the Group, presented on 14 February 2011 in Bilbao, are Silvia Casale, Pierre Hazan, Raymond Kendall, Nuala O'Loan and Alberto Spektorowski. Background On 29 March 2010, Brian Currin issued in Brussels a Statement by International Leaders in Conflict Resolution and Peace Processes asking ETA (separatist group), ETA for a permanent and internationally verifiable ceasefire. Following ETA (separatist group), ETA's announcement of cessation of offensive armed activities on 5 September 2010, Brian Currin visited the Basque Country and declared that ETA should give a positive response to the Brussels Declaration. Mandate and role Their mandate and role were presented by Brian Currin on 12 November 2010. The ICG's mandate includes: * To promote facilitate and enable the legalization of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Contact Group
International Contact Groups are "informal, non-permanent international bodies that are created ad hoc, with the purpose of coordinating international actors in their aim of managing a peace and security crisis in a specific state or region (single-issue). They are founded and formed out of by states and/or International Organizations/Regional Organizations. They do not have own administrative structures, but are official announced and meet periodically." Since 1977, at least 27 ICGs have been formed. Examples of such groups include: * Western Contact Group, Namibia, 1977 * Contact Group (Balkans) (1994) * International Contact Group (Basque politics) * International Contact Group on Liberia (1996) * International Contact Group for Libya (2015) * International Contact Group on the Mano River Basin (2002) * Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (since 2008) * Friends of Syria Group, an International Contact group for Syria (London 11) * International Somalia Contac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |