Recurrent themes in negotiation agendas: - Truces, cease�res and cessation of hostilities Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of combatants Status of disputed territories and recognition of minority identities Political power-sharing

Peace processes and negotiations in 2019

Regional distribution of peace negotiations

With the support of:

Countries with peace processes and negotiations in 2019

Five new negotiation and dialogue initiatives

were identi�ed in 2019: Cameroon, Haiti, Papua New

Guinea and exploratory initiatives in Iraq and

Iran

80% of peace processes and

negotiations revealed the involvement of

third parties

During 2019 signi�cant agreements werereached in Cameroon, Ethiopia (Ogaden),Ethiopia (Oromia), Mozambique, CAR, Sudan,Sudan – South Sudan and Yemen

Women continued to face dif�culties and obstacles for their meaningful participating in formal peace processes and the integration of a gender perspective in negotiations, despite advances such as in Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea

America

MiddleEast

Europe

Asia

Africa

5

7

7

12

19

50

Women’s organisations and feminist groups in

the Middle East continued to demand

greater participation in formal negotiations and made speci�c proposals to deal with the con�icts

they face

An agreement for peace and reconciliation in the Central

African Republic was reached between the country’s authorities

and 14 armed groups

There was signi�cant progress in Afghanistan, including in negotiations between the US and the Taliban, in the exploratory phase between Afghanistan

and the Taliban as well as in the intra-Afghan dialogue

Faced with the worsening political and

social crisis, the president of Haiti tried to initiate a national

dialogue process

The dynamics of violence continued to prevail in Syria,

despite the attempts of various actors to bring about

a cessation of hostilities

The change of government in Sudan, after 30 years of the

regime headed by Omar al-Bashir, gave new

impetus to the peace processes in Darfur, South Kordofan and

Blue Nile

Main third parties involved in negotiations

UN StatesRegional

organisations

Nongovernmental

actors