Minority Rights Group International has just released its annual review “State of the World’s Minorities 2007” focusing on the events of 2006. U.N. Independent Expert on Minority Issues, Gay J. McDougall states in the book’s preface, “While acknowledging the reality of ethnic or religious dimensions in many conflicts, the more fundamental causes of these conflicts generally lie below the surface, buried, often intentionally, by those with an interest in fomenting conflict. In some situations, the purveyors of war are actually seeking power and profits by immoral or illegal means, and they often find easy cover in deflecting blame onto those who are most powerless and most different.”
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