Discussing human security

During the midday session Peter Brune gave a presentation on human security. After giving a short introduction on the concept of Human security, Mr. Brune invited the participants to do a value exercise on two major debates within the human security paradigm.
-In the first debate the necessity of the use of force was positioned against the opinion that non violence is the only reasonable option to create durable peace.
-In the second debate the community based approach to human security was positioned against the human rights based approach.
The participants were asked to place themselves in a straight line to indicate their own position between these two extremes after which they were invited to clarify their opinion.
Following this short exercise the participants broke up into small groups to discuss these topics among themselves. After 15 minutes the plenary session was reopened during which the indicated reporters presented the conclusions of these group discussions, providing further impetus to the plenary discussions.
During the final part of this session individual participants were given a chance to ask Mr. Brune questions on the topic of human security and disarmament by which he could interactively share his opinions and experiences as an expert on human security and an advocate of peace and disarmament.