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Executive summary

This research on “International Organizations’ Role on Peace Process and Some
Perspectives on Southern Thailand’s Future” intends to assess the progress of peacebuilding

through the formal Peace Dialogue Process that began in 2013. The deadly conflict in the

Southernmost provinces has been going on for more than 15 years during which 20,451 violent

incidents occurred resulting in 7 ,0 6 8 deaths, 13 ,2 1 4 injured, 9,806 orphans, and the

expenditure of 302,926.9 million Baht from government budget.

The School for the culture for Peace (Escola de Cultura de Pau) reported that during

the past 30 years, out of 50 violent conflicts worldwide, 41 conflicts ended with peace

agreement while the remaining 9 were over by military victory. The same report indicated that

the assistance of third party, that has no direct stake in the conflict, is crucial to improve the

quality of peace talk (Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat, 2015: [8]). To put it succinctly, the report

shows that peace talk is more conducive to end armed conflict than the use of force. Thus,

the joint decision on the
28 of February 2013 was
th
an attempt to choose a

nonviolent path out of

the conflict after the

continuing rise of
casualties and loss of

properties. However,

peacebuilding through Peace Dialogue Process has not been running smooth.

Considering that conflicts are a contemporary occurrence in today’s world, the research

proposes to investigate the international organizations’ role in the Peace Process with the

emphasis on the direction taken by the formal Peace Dialogue Process and to analyze the
viewpoints of state actors, insurgents, and other concerned persons. This is a qualitative

research: the data collection was mainly done through literature review and in- depth