CrisisWatch N°40
1 December 2006
November overtook July 2006 as the worst month for conflict prevention
since CrisisWatch began publication 40 months ago.
Fourteen situations deteriorated in November, with seven conflict risk
alerts (in anticipation of new or significantly escalated conflict).
Improvements were noted during November in only three situations, and no
new conflict resolution opportunities were identified for the coming month.
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NOVEMBER 2006 TRENDS
Deteriorated Situations
Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia,
Côte d’Ivoire, Fiji, India (non-Kashmir), Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan,
Tonga
Improved Situations
Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Senegal
Unchanged Situations
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Basque
Country (Spain), Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chechnya (Russia),
Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Ethiopia/Eritrea, Georgia, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Israel/Occupied
Territories, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Liberia, Macedonia,
Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Myanmar/Burma, Nagorno-Karabakh
(Azerbaijan), Nigeria, North Caucasus (non-Chechnya), North Korea,
Northern Ireland (UK), Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra
Leone, Solomon Islands, Somaliland (Somalia), Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan
Strait, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe
DECEMBER 2006 WATCHLIST
Conflict Risk Alerts
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