Ethnic
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The final throes of the war last year were horrific, with 20,000-40,000 civilians (mostly
ethnic
Tamils) killed in a period of a few months by both the Sri Lankan government forces and the Tigers.
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Today I want to talk to you about
ethnic
conflict and civil war.
Yet, not only is there at least some good news to be told about fewer such conflicts now than two decades ago, but what is perhaps more important is that we also have come to a much better understanding of what can be done to further reduce the number of
ethnic
conflicts and civil wars and the suffering that they inflict.
Civil wars have made news headlines for many decades now, and
ethnic
conflicts in particular have been a near constant presence as a major international security threat.
In Kyrgyzstan, just over the last few weeks, unprecedented levels of violence occurred between
ethnic
Kyrgyz and
ethnic
Uzbeks.
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