pbi uk annual review 2003 (2) - peace brigades international

PROMOTING NON-VIOLENCE AND DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS SINCE 1981

Peace Brigades InternationalPBI UK Annual Review 2003

The PBI Annual Review has been produced thanksto the support of the Cooperative Bank

Vision Statement

Mission Statement

Peace Brigades International/PBI UK

PBI CountryGroups

Aotearoa/NewZealandAustraliaBelgiumCanadaFranceGermanyIndiaItalyLuxemburgNetherlandsNorwaySpanish StateSwedenSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUnited States

AssociateGroups

AustriaPortugalRomaniaTunisia

Current PBIProjects

Colombia(founded in 1994)Indonesia(founded 1999)Mexico (founded 1999)Guatemala (re-founded 2002)

Past PBI Projects

Balkans (Coalition partnerin Balkans PeaceTeams from 1994-2001)El Salvador(1987-1992)Guatemala (1983-1999, re-initiated in 2002)Haiti (1995-2000)North America(1992-1999)Sri Lanka (1989-1998)

Peace Brigades International is a unique grassroots organisation that works to open a spacefor peace in which conflicts can be addressed in a non-violent way. PBI applies a strategy of

international presence and concern that supports local initiatives and contributes to developinga culture of peace and justice. We act on the request of local organisations and groups workingfor human rights, social change and development of civil society which use non-violent means inregions where there is oppression and conflict.

The aim of PBI's international presence is to accompany both political and social processesthrough a joint strategy of deterring violence and promoting active non-violence. Ourinternational teams of volunteers use methods such as protective accompaniment, peace education, independent observation and analysis of the conflict situation. In addition, PBI learnsabout, develops and models forms of non-violent intervention. Where possible, PBI initiatescontacts with all the parties to a conflict in order to establish and inform of our presence. Thiswork is supported through a broad, international network of organisations and individuals. Ouridentity is built upon non-hierarchical structures and consensual processes.

Adopted at PBI General Assembly, Sweden, July 1998

Contents

Introduction 1

Activities of PBI UK 2

Indonesia Project 4

Mexico Project 5

Colombia Project 6

Guatemala Project 7

Volunteer Profiles 8

A New Project in Nepal? 10

Political Support Networks 11

Friends of PBI 12

Financial Year 13

Cover photo: PBI Volunteer Ann Wright with colleague in the field.

PBIenvisions a world in which people address conflicts non violently, where human rights are universallyupheld and social justice and intercultural respect have become a reality.

This Annual Review is published by Peace Brigades International UK Section

2003saw steadyprogress in all

aspects of PBI UK's work. Theenergy that Laura Clarkebrought to the UK coordinatorrole communicated itself to theoffice volunteers, and importantachievements were made inpublicity & outreach, mediawork, fundraising and politicalsupport (see pages 2 & 3).

Building on the contacts made in2002, PBI UK expanded itsnetwork of political supporters,members, donors, journalistsand like-minded NGOs. Thisyear provided plenty ofopportunities to develop thesecontacts further, as PBI pooledits advocacy resources withother organisations on a numberof occasions (see page 12).

Despite a global downturn involunteers for internationalorganisations, PBI UK continuedto increase the number of high-calibre volunteers it recruits forthe field projects. Seventeenindividuals recruited by PBI UKworked in the field in 2003. Thesustained level of volunteerrecruitment is partly due to thequality of the orientationweekends, of which there havebeen two this year. To ensurethat standards remain high, PBIUK initiated a 'Training forTrainers' workshop in February.

The political support networkswere successfully activated eighttimes this year; five times for theColombia project, twice for theIndonesia project and once forthe Guatemala project (see page 7).The last few months havebrought the arrival of two muchhoped-for announcements - one

from the Charity Commissionsaying that PBI UK had at lastbeen granted charitable status,and one from the Sigrid RausingTrust promising a substantialdonation to PBI UK.

None of the developments of2003 would have been possiblewithout the hard work ofeveryone involved with PBI UK.The office volunteers workeddiligently to support the projectsand raise PBI's profile. KeithSmith continued to account forPBI UK's finances with greatcare and precision.

In December Laura Clarkesuccessfully applied for the postof Coordinator with PBI'sColombia project. We're surethat Laura will give the Colombiaproject the commitment and

energy she gave PBI UK.Special thanks go to AndrewKendle, who stepped in to fill thegap in between Laura'sdeparture and Susi Bascon'sreturn in February 2004.Andrew rose to the occasionsuperbly, and ensured a smoothtransition.

After spending 5 yearssupporting the work of thevolunteers in the field, Susi tooka sabbatical in order to volunteerherself with the Mexico project.The experience has sharpenedher understanding of the fieldprojects' needs and how the UKoffice can support them. PBI UKlooks forward to having one ofthe organisation's mostexperienced coordinators backat the helm.

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Introduction

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Susi Bascon back from Mexico running the PBI UK office with volunteers Andrew,Anthony and Emily

The year also saw asignificant expansion of both

PBI UK's profile and its scope. Atotal of 27 volunteers, guided bythe coordinator, pursued aneffective strategy of awareness-raising and support-building. Asa result, encouragingdevelopments have occurred infundraising, political supportbuilding, outreach and publicity,speaker tours and involvementin PBI organisational issues.

Fundraising

PBI UK received over £66,000worth of grants in 2003, anincrease of £20,000 from lastyear. With help from staunchsupporters Sigrid Rausing Trust,Polden-Puckham Foundationand the Network Foundation, wewere able to send a recordnumber of volunteers and vitalfunds to the field.

Political Support Building

Through an increasinglytargeted advocacy strategy, PBIUK has further expanded itspolitical support network. Wewelcomed some important newmembers, in particular The LawSociety of England and Wales,the Bar Human RightsCommittee of England andWales and the International BarAssociation. These influentiallegal institutions are now amongPBI's most active supporters.

During the year PBI UK regularlymet with senior Foreign Officeofficials responsible for thecountries in which it works,including Bill Rammell, theUnder-Secretary of State for

Foreign and CommonwealthAffairs. We also briefed the All-Party Group on Colombia andthe Foreign Office roundtablediscussion group on Indonesia.

Due to its increasing size anddiplomatic clout, PBI UK wasable to generate a significantpolitical response toemergencies in the field. In July,for instance, PBI UK and otherNGOs brought the attention ofthe Aceh situation to EuropeanCommissioner Chris Patten, whosubsequently called upon theIndonesian government to allowhumanitarian groups access tothe region. In addition toemergency responses, PBI UKwas also instrumental inproducing an Early Day Motionon Colombia in the UKparliament, a resolution on Acehin the European Parliament andboth oral and written questionsin both institutions.

Outreach and publicity

2003 has presented manyexcellent outreach and publicityopportunities, all of which PBIUK has pursued vigorously. Returned volunteers have giventalks and workshops in over 20different venues nationwide,including the AmnestyInternational UK studentconference in Brighton.

Returned volunteers also helpedoffice volunteers and staff toman information stalls at theVSO/Guardian-sponsoredVolunteering World fair, the LSECareers evening, the CambridgePoetry for Peace Wordfest, theResurgence Conference and theLatin America Bureau Christmasbenefit event.

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Activities of PBI UK

Some of the activities planned for 2004

• Providing advocacy training for PBI country group workers

• An initiative to diversify the political support base by developing links with church and trade union groups

• Redesigning the website in order to attract a wider range of volunteers

• Following the achievement of charity status in December 2003, an increase in fundraising initiatives.Including a Rhythms of Latin America festival with proceeds donated to PBI and a new partnership with Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

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We also sought to raise awareness ofPBI's work with the 'Space for Peace'mobile photo exhibition, launched in Juneat the House of Commons by RichardAllan MP. The exhibition has since beentouring the UK, attracting audiences inEdinburgh, Brighton, Cambridge andBradford. The media team followed upeach appearance with the local press inorder to raise PBI's profile still further.

PBI UK had ambitious plans to expand itsmedia profile in 2003. We attended atraining workshop on media activism andset up meetings between the PBI pressteam and various media contacts.Consequently, as well as extensivecoverage of departing or returningvolunteers in local newspapers, PBI UKsecured significant exposure in thenational media. PBI's work wasmentioned in a BBC Radio 4 programmeon volunteering abroad, a BBC3documentary, and the Index OnCensorship website. A significantresponse from potential volunteers,members and political supporters wasalso generated by a 3-page article whichappeared in the Financial TimesMagazine. The article was written by the

daughter of a UK volunteer in Colombia,describing her feelings about her mother'swork.

Speaker Tours

PBI helped to facilitate speaker tours forthree Colombian human rights defenders'visits to the UK. In co-ordination with theABC group on Colombia, PBI set upmeetings with MPs, members of the legalprofession and the press. Danilo Ruedafrom the civil society group 'Justice andPeace' was interviewed for the PBI UKwebsite and spoke movingly about hiswork and the role PBI plays in enablinghim to do it.

Involvement in PBI organisationalissues

PBI UK played an active part in theEuropean Assembly meeting held inBerlin in early April 2003. We successfullylobbied for the European level of PBI tofocus more on building the capacity of itsmember country groups.

Danilo Rueda from the civil society group‘Justice and Peace’


Indonesia Project

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PBI has been working inIndonesia since 1999. Until

July the field teams were basedin Lhokseumawe and theprovincial capital, Banda Aceh.With the imposition of martiallaw, the project was eventuallyforced to close these fieldoffices, although a new one wasopened in Medan, just acrossthe Acehnese border in NorthSumatra, to maintain contactwith our partner organisations.The Jakarta team wasencouraged by thegovernment's decision inDecember to allow the UN andthe Red Cross access to Aceh,and continues to meet withgovernment officials in the hopeof negotiating access to theprovince for PBI. Following persistent requests foran international presence in

Papua, the Indonesia project sentan assessment team to ascertainwhether there was sufficient needand likelihood of effectiveness toestablish a team there. After theassessment team's detailedrecommendations, an office wasopened in Jayapura in March2004.

The PBI Indonesia Projectcurrently has 9 volunteers in ourJakarta main office, 6 in theMedan field office, and 3 on thePapua team working on thelogistics of establishing a PBIpresence in Papua.

Some of the organisationsaccompanied by PBI in Aceh in2003:

Association of Human RightsAbuse Victims (SPKP HAM):Province-wide network of torturesurvivors. Their work includesassistance for health care,accompaniment to legal aidfoundations, and lobbying theIndonesian government forsurvivor's rights.

Women's Volunteer Team forHumanity (RPuk): Works withwomen and children members ofinternally displaced population.

Legal Aid Foundation (LBH)Provides civil rights and legaladvocacy, aiming to removesocial, political, and culturalinequality as an obstacle topolitical transition.

GivePeace AChancenear MataIe, AcehBesar, Feb2003

"They give us courage, spirit. Iwouldn't have come to Medanif PBI wasn't here"

PBI Achenese client

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Mexico Project

Overview

Thegovernment

publicly renewedits commitmentto internationalhuman rightsstandards in2003. However,according toreports frominternationalobservers,repressioncontinues in theform of impunityin the judicialsystem,corruption ofpublic institutionsand denial of therights ofindigenouspeople. In Julythere waswidespread outrage when an investigation into thedeath of human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa (believedto have been murdered in October2001) was closed with a verdict ofsuicide. In November the UNreleased its much anticipatedreport on the human rightssituation in Mexico, which saidthat although progress had beenmade the human rights situationremained "alarming".

The PBI Mexico Project

Founded in 1999, the Project hastwo teams, in Mexico City and inGuerrero, and an average of ten volunteers in thefield. The Project focuses on protectiveaccompaniment and information distribution. In May2003, we facilitated the visit of 12 embassies toGuerrero, where they heard directly from humanrights and civil society organisations about thesituation there. At the beginning of 2004, the Projectestablished a presence in Oaxaca.

Organisations accompanied by PBI:

Committee for the Liberty of the Cerezo Brothers,Mexico City, focuses attention on cases of political prisoners. Started with the case of the threeCerezo brothers but has widened its scope.

The Association of Family Members of theDisappeared and Victims of Human Rights Violationsin Mexico (AFADEM), GuerreroBrings 'forgotten' cases of forced disappearancesbefore the courts. In recent months AFADEM hashad to operate in an atmosphere of increasingsuspicion and intimidation, involving the murder ofone of its key witnesses. AFADEM's Vice-President,Tita Radilla Martinez, has also been subject to anintimidation campaign.

Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT),OaxacaMembers have been receiving several death threatsdue to their work in relation with the massacre of theindigenous community of Agua Fría, in Oaxaca. Afterrepeated requests for an international presence, PBIbegan accompanying members at the beginning of 2004.

"We knowthat if PBI is

here, nothingwill happen

to us"Tita Radilla

Martinez, VicePresident,AFADEM,

Guerrero, July 2003

Susi Bascon in Mexico accompanying Tita Radilla, vice president of AFADEM


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Overview:

Last year saw an escalation of conflict inColombia as President Alvaro Uribe Velez

pursued a military solution to what he believesis country's own internal 'War on Terror'.Justice For Colombia estimates that betweenJuly 2002 and July 2003 there were 6,978murders, disappearances or combat deaths.Uribe took steps in 2003 to consolidateexecutive power and to grant the militaryincreased powers of jurisdiction. Though hisattempt to get these powers enshrined in lawhas been frustrated by the Constitutional Courtand a referendum result that went against thegovernment October 2003, the executivecontinues to use 'security decrees' asjustification for its actions.

While President Uribe declared his intention tosupport human rights defenders at a donors'conference in London in July 2003, inSeptember he publicly attacked human rightsgroups, saying that they were acting "in theservice of terrorism". This political climate hasmade civil society groups extremelyvulnerable.

The PBI Colombia Project

Founded in 1994, the Project has four teamsin Bogota, Barrancabermeja, Uraba andMedellin, and an average of 38 internationalvolunteers in the field. The project focuseson protective accompaniment and informationdistributions, though it also offers regularmental health workshops for Colombianhuman rights groups.

Some of the organisations accompanied byPBI:

Committee in Solidarity with PoliticalPrisoners (CSPP)Offers legal advice and defends the humanrights of prisoners from social organisationsand political prisoners. Bogota and Medellin

Internal Council of San Jose de Apartado,UrabaProvides leadership to this PeaceCommunity, which has declared its neutralityin the armed conflict, and acts as the publicface of the community.

Displaced people boarding a boat in Sapzurro to take them back to Cacarica. Photo: PBI

"The presence of PBI inthe city ofBarancabermeja isextremely important.The local paramilitarieshave made it clear thatthe international supportprovided to humanrights defenders is theonly reason why theyhave not assassinatedmore of them". Hina Jilani, SpecialRepresentative of the UNSecretary General for HumanRights Defenders.

Overview:

Guatemala's human rightssituation continues to

deteriorate seven years after thesigning of Peace Accords thatwere meant to end the 36 year civilconflict. In the late 1990s,Guatemala's human rightsdefenders and organisationsenjoyed a significant politicalopening in which they were able tocarry out their work withoutintimidation. Since 2000, however,threats and attacks against humanrights defenders, journalists,judges, peasant leaders, andindigenous activists haveincreased. Elections at the end of2003 gave rise to yet moreviolence, particularly since formermilitary dictator, General EfrainRios Montt, campaigned tobecome president. Montt lost inthe first stage of the election,leaving businessman Oscar Bergerto defeat the left's candidate,Alvaro Colom, in the final round.The new president faces the taskof reconciling growing tensionsover how to deal with the legacy ofthe civil war.

The PBI-Guatemala Project

After providing protectiveaccompaniment in Guatemala for 16years, PBI withdrew its team in1999. In 2001 and 2002, numerousgroups suffering renewed threatscalled for our return. In April 2003,an "advance team" was sent toGuatemala to lay the political andlogistical groundwork for the officialre-opening of the team, now inoperation.

Some of the Defenders andOrganisations Accompanied by PBI:

Marielos Monzon, journalist,Guatemala City uses her column inGuatemalan daily Prensa Libre toreport on and demand justice for thedead and the disappeared. Subjectto frequent threats and intimidation.Awarded an international Courage inJournalism award in October 2003.

Labour Organisation of GuatemalanWorkers (UNSITRAGUA),Guatemala City

Represents 74 unions across thecountry, many of whose membersare subject to intimidation andharassment.

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"The work of PBI showsthat the accompaniment

of people who suffer fromauthoritarianism,

intolerance and stateviolence is invaluable and

necessary."Rigoberta Menchu-Túm, Guatemalan human

rights activist accompanied by PBI in the1980s. Nobel Peace Laureate, and GoodwillAmbassador for UNESCO with responsibility

for overseeing the application ofGuatemala's peace accords

PBI observing and monitoring an exhumationof a mass grave in September 2003.


Volunteer Profiles

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Office Volunteer Profile: Victoria Forster-Jones

Role: Parliamentary Officer'Day job': "I'm studying for myMaster's in Development Planningat University College London. It'sinteresting because it deals quite alot with Latin American issues, andwe also study the effect ofstrategies like internationalaccompaniment which waspioneered by PBI. So it is quiterelevant to the sort of work thatPBI does"Why PBI?: "I set up a supportgroup for refugees in Canterbury,where I went to university. PBIcame up in conversations withfriends there".Best thing about working withPBI: "It helps you to acquirecertain development skills that youcouldn't get in the classroom.Learning advocacy skills, lobbying,understanding how parliamentworks, getting an insight into awhole new area of development." Ideas for the future: "To get moreinvolved with PBI and maybe workin the field with them".

Field Volunteer Profile: Anne Wright

Project: Bogota, ColombiaBefore PBI: "I was a self-employed translator for foreign filmsubtitling and books. I was also auniversity language teacher"Why PBI: "I was translating abook by Rigoberta Menchu, (theNobel-winning Guatemalan humanrights advocate who PBIprotected). Then, later, when I waslooking for something to do afterretirement, my daughter did someresearch for me and brought upPBI. I remembered the name, anddidn't look back".Best thing about work with PBI:"The rewarding thing is allowingthe human rights activists to dotheir work. Sometimes you think'what am I doing here?' and thenthey tell you about their work andyou think 'oh, yes, that's why I amhere”Ideas for the future: "When youretire, and are in a position to takeon voluntary work, you realisethere's loads of organisations outthere who need your help"

Management CommitteeMember Profile: Andrew Kendle

Role in PBI: MC member sinceJuly 2001, Canadian-in-residence. 'Day job': Writing on South Asiafor Index on Censorship, amongstother things.Why PBI: "I first heard of PBI inthe late 80s. There was a big storyabout one of their Canadianvolunteers who got arrested in ElSalvador. The Canadiangovernment successfully lobbiedfor her release, but she refused togo until her colleague (who hadalso been arrested) was releasedas well. That really impressed me.I got in touch with PBI in Canada. Ijoined the Sri Lanka Project andspent 4 1/2 years with the project.This fieldwork experience was verydemanding but I knew from thisexperience that PBI's work wasimportant and I wanted to continueto support PBI in other ways.”Best thing about being on theMC: "It gives you the opportunityto maintain connections with allthe different branches of PBI, andto contribute to the development ofpolicies which affect theorganisation as a whole. You alsoget to facilitate the growth of theorganisation".Ideas for the future: "I'm reallylooking forward to the run-up toPBI's General Assembly in late2004 or early 2005 - there are alot of key decisions to be madeabout PBI's future direction. Afterthat I'm going to go back and visitmy family in Canada."

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Why PBI?: "I firstencounteredPBI when I wasinvestigating"gap year"possibilities andalthough it soonbecameapparent that Iwouldn't be asuitablevolunteer withPBI at that timeI was so takenwith what theorganisationwas doing Iwanted to makesure I stayed intouch andsupported PBIin any way Icould".

What's goodabout being amember?: "Feeling like you'resupporting an organisation whichseems to be good from whicheverdirection you look at it! PBI has aconstructive and positive impact on theworld and being a part of that is reallyheartening. By being a member I keepup to date with the areas in which PBIis working which is a mind-broadeningexperience in itself as well as finding

out about directand indirectways I can helpsupport thatwork.

Ideas for thefuture:"Hopefully togive more timeand energy tosupporting PBIthrough theManagementCommittee.Since firstencounteringPBI I havedeveloped aneven strongerbelief thatvolunteeringwith PBI is ahugely positivecontribution tomake. At thesame time, the

more I learn, the more uncertain I amthat I have what it takes to be a fieldvolunteer at the moment.

From what I can see, being avolunteer is a huge commitment andyou have to be a very special type ofperson to be able to give in that way: Ican only aspire to be that type ofperson in time".

Tigger MacGregorRole in PBI: Member 'Day Job': Policy Officer, Defra


A new project in Nepal?

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Although we try to concentrate our efforts tomake our projects as effective as possible, PBI

is highly sensitive to the human rights situation inall countries. When PBI discerns a pattern ofpersecution of human rights and peace activists ina country, and if our help has been requested, thenwe start to consider whether a PBI presence couldbe effective there. If the available evidencesuggests that it could be, and if there is sufficientfunding available, we send an experienced team toconduct field-level assessments.

The kind of questions that must be answeredbefore PBI will set up an office in a country are:

• Is there a need for PBI? Are human rights and peace activists being strategically targeted for abuse?

• Would a PBI team be likely to be granted meetings with police, army and state officials?

• Would the country's government respond to international concern generated by the political support network?

• Would PBI be able to maintain its political neutrality and non-partisanship?

• What are the possible negative consequences of a PBI presence?

• What are the security risks to potential volunteers?

Nepal

The seven month ceasefirebetween the Nepalesegovernment and theCommunist Party of Nepal-Marxist (CPN-M) broke downon 27 August 2003. Sincethen, human rights abuses byboth parties in the conflicthave increased, and anestimated 1,000 people havesince been killed. As theMaoists have intensified theiractions, the Nepalesesecurity forces have carried

out a wave of arrests and detentions of civilians,some of whom they accuse of being linked to theinsurgency.In this context, the number of 'disappearances' hasincreased. In April 2004, analysts at theKathmandu-based Informal Sector Service Centreestimated that 2,500 people had been killed sincethe breakdown of the ceasefire. We have beeninformed of several cases of threats and illegaldetentions of human rights and peace activists.For example, on 13 January 2004 the home ofDinesh Prasain, coordinator for the CollectiveCampaign for Peace (COCAP) - a network of 40community-based groups working to promotepeace and respect for human rights - was brokeninto by six men who then beat him severely.COCAP concluded that the assault was conductedby government security forces and called it "anaked attack on all of us human rights activists".

PBI has received written petitions from threeNepalese NGOs requesting our presence. We arecurrently recruiting and fundraising with a view tosending an assessment team out in the Summer orAutumn of 2004.

If you can help us with spare time, countryexpertise, or vital funds to get to Nepal, pleasecontact us at PBI UK (see address on the backcover of this report).

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Political Support Networks

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Indonesia

In July 2003 PBI was forced to abandonits offices in Aceh due to the re-imposition of martial law. We wereextremely concerned about the fate ofthe people we had been forced to leavebehind in Aceh, and activated thenetwork. When parliamentarians in thenetwork made their concerns felt,European Commissioner Chris Pattenand the British ambassador to Indonesiaagreed to represent the concerns ofhumanitarian NGOs to the Indonesiangovernment. This lent significantdiplomatic weight to PBI's continuedefforts to re-establish our Aceh offices.

Guatemala

In October 2003, PBI's Guatemalaproject triggered an internationalactivation when the father of AngelicaMacario, whom PBI was accompanying,was shot dead by unknown assailants.The response from the emergencysupport network was swift, providingimmediate extra security for Angelicaand the team and subsequently leadingto the first meeting between PBI and theUK embassy in Guatemala.

PBI Volunteer with RATA North Aceh on protectiveaccompaniment, Lhoksukon District, North Aceh

Thanks to the ongoing and assiduous work of our political support networkteam, the networks have been very responsive to activations. Two storiesfrom this year show how effective the networks can be in a crisis situation.


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The ABColombia Group

The group consists of PBI, Cafod,Christian Aid, Oxfam, Save TheChildren, Sciaf, Trocaire andAmnesty International. The groupmeets monthly to discuss advocacyissues. This year the group hasfacilitated visits and speaker toursfrom Colombian human rightsdefenders and persuaded UKparliamentarians to ask questionson Colombia. An Early Day Motionhas now been tabled on the humanrights situation in Colombia.

The Indonesia Forum

The Forum consists of PBI, Cafod,Oxfam, Save the Children, theCatholic Institute for InternationalRelations, the West PapuaAssociation (UK), Down to Earth,Care International, InternationalNGO Forum on IndonesianDevelopment, AmnestyInternational, Human Rights Watchand Tapol. Representatives of theForum have met with Indonesiadesk officials at the Foreign Officeand have presented their

recommendations to the UKgovernment as a basis for aproposed common Europeanposition on Indonesia in anticipationof the 60th session of the UNCommission on Human Rights.

Coalition for Peace in Aceh

The coalition is a sub-group of theIndonesia Forum and consists ofPBI, Human Rights Watch, AmnestyInternational, Cafod, Oxfam andVision Machine. The coalition wasonly recently formed, but hasalready organised a debate on therecent Indonesian parliamentaryelections with senior diplomaticpersonnel.

Nepal UK Working Group

The Group consists of PBI,International Alert, AmnestyInternational, Action Aid, QuakerPeace & Social Witness, Oxfamand Article 19. It is looking at waysto raise the profile of the Nepaleseconflict in the UK.

When their concerns are sufficiently similar to ours, PBI co-operateswith other international NGOs to forge a stronger voice on human

rights issues. In 2003 we have worked in four NGO coalition groups,sharing research, advocacy expertise and event-organisingresponsibilities.

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Financial Year

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Summary statement of financial activities for the year ended December 2003

2003 2002Incoming resources £ £Grants receivable from trusts and companies 66,280 46,278Donations and other income 10,998 15,647

77,278 61,925Resources expendedCharitable expenditure (55,877) (34,770)Cost of generating funds (10,422) (10,505)

(66,299) (45,275)

Net incoming resources for year 10,979 16,650Funds brought forward 31,935 15,285

Funds carried forward 42,914 31,935

Summary balance sheet as at 31st December 2003

2003 2002£ £

Fixed assets 647 980

Current assets 42,537 33,662Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (270) (2,707)

Net current assets 42,267 30,955

Total assets less current liabilities 42,914 31,935

Restricted funds 8,930 8,250Unrestricted funds 33,984 23,685

Total funds 42,914 31,935

The above represents summarised accounts only and a fuller understanding of the financialaffairs will be available from the full unaudited annual accounts which, after the AnnualGeneral Meeting, will be filed at both the Charity Commission and Companies House. Theaccounts were approved by Trustees on 4th May 2004.

Peace Brigades International (PBI)UK Section

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PBI UK Management Committee in 2003:

Melissa BlackburnJohn CarlaneSusan CosgroveJoanne HoldenRachel McFadzean-FergusonPeter HollingsAndrew KendleUlrika StrandBryn Wolf

Staff

Laura ClarkeKeith Smith

PBI UK field volunteers in 2003:

Colombia Project:Adam BairdJo HutchinsonAndrea InghamCat JonesJill PowisJames SavageDavid TroupeAnn Wright

Mexico Project:Susi BascónRichard BennettOyvind Hoyen

Indonesia Project:Stuart BowmanLucy CarverRuth HalsteadAndrew HickmanRebecca PrestwoodNicola Rounce

UK Volunteers

Maite AlvarezRita BonoraKieran CarrIsabella CartronRuth CherringtonTony CorbalisAndrea CottomAbbie Fielding-SmithVictoria Forster-JonesSarah FreemanDominic GouldJoanna GrundyTaline HaytayanLibby KerrSue LearnerDebbie MartingEstrella MartinezTamsin MitchellMia MoilanenRalph MurrayIrene NolteEleanor OpenshawHelen PayneMarco PresuttoNicola RounceIciar San JoseHuw Spanner

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