12 December 2003
Based on recent research work, data and practical experience generated by the ILO, mainly from 1996 to date, through, inter alia, a multidisciplinary global ILO Action Programme on Skills and Entrepreneurship Training for Countries Emerging from Armed Conflict and relevent experiences of the current ILO InFocus Programme for Crisis Response and Reconstruction. Provides an overview and analysis of armed conflicts today, the magnitude of their threats to human security including the major decent work deficits, and other ILO-relevant problems that have to be tackled after conflict