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International Organizations’ Role on Peace Process and Some Perspectives on Southern Thailand’s Future

interview. The analysis of international organizations’ roles has two parts: one on their roles

in Peace Process in general and another on Peace Dialogue Process in particular.

The research, first, reviews the Peace Process in general and then the formal Peace

Dialogue Process as a means to resolve the Southernmost provinces problems. The latter was

initiated by Yingluck government, with Malaysian government playing the role of a third party

as facilitator. More than 6 years after the signing of an agreement in 2013, there have been 4
persons as head of the government peace delegation, the dialogue partner on the insurgent

side shifted from BRN to MARA Patani, and the Malaysian government assigned successively 2

persons as facilitator. According to 5 yearly surveys, dubbed Peace Survey, undertaken by an

academic network, the majority of people living in the conflict area felt that the Dialogue did

not significantly contribute to peacebuilding. 43.7% of the respondents answered that the
situation remained the same, while 24.58% felt that the situation has improved. In the first

three surveys, the majority felt neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with Peace Dialogue Process.

In the last two surveys, the majority felt that there has been “no progress”. However, 56.8%

of the respondents still support peace dialogue as means to resolve the conflict. The survey

shows that people still hope for a peaceful resolution of conflict despite the little hope there

is.

Summary of Research Results

1. The roles of international actors as third party is an important part of and crucial to

the success of Peace Process in one way or another. Such roles could be direct and include

facilitator’s role in the dialogue, or indirect such as the provision of capacity building service

to those involved in the dialogue process, and the creation of an environment conducive to

dialogue. More concretely, international actors have been, for instance, supporting researches
to resolve specific issues, helping to create an atmosphere of trust, contributing to infra-

structure development, contributing to the development in the education or economic

sectors, helping to develop skills relevant to peace dialogue, and helping to advance issues

such as human rights and international humanitarian principle. (see diagram below).

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