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Washington:
India has slipped to 128 in the Global Peace Index
ranking with the countries along with Pakistan and Sri Lanka that
experience more incidents of internal conflicts, terrorism and human
rights abuses.
Overall the world became less peaceful for the second consecutive
year, said the fourth annual GPI released.
As the global economy continues to falter, this year's data shows an
intensification of conflicts and growing instability linked to the
downturn that began in 2008, with several countries seeing sharp
increases in homicides, violent demonstrations and fear of crime, it
said.
The only study to quantify global peacefulness, the GPI is produced
by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
According to the report, South Asia saw the greatest decrease in
peacefulness, as a result of increased involvement in conflicts, a
rise in deaths from internal conflict and human rights abuses.
The main countries experiencing decreases in peacefulness were
India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Three BRIC countries-Russia (143), India (128) and China (80)-saw
substantial declines in peacefulness, while Brazil's score remained
essentially stable (83) compared to the 2009 Index.
In fact, Russia saw one of the largest drops in peacefulness of any
country this year due to its war with Georgia, ongoing acts of
terror, and some protests across the country resulting from a
deteriorating economic situation.
China saw its score deteriorate because of worsening security in
parts of the country, notably Xinjiang province, where violent
conflict prompted rises in several measures of societal safety, the
report said.
However, the US (85) improved its 2010 GPI score, registering its
biggest year-on-year improvement since the first Index was released
in 2007.
The improvement came as a result of a decrease in the number of
deaths from external conflict and an increase in political
stability.
Western Europe continues to be the most peaceful region, with the
majority of the countries ranking in the top 20.
All five Scandinavian nations rank in the top ten; however, Denmark
dropped five spots to 7 because of decrease in respect for human
rights and continuing involvement in Afghanistan.
Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan were the least peaceful countries for
the second consecutive year.
Syria, Georgia, the Philippines, Russia and Cyprus were this year's
biggest fallers; the report said.
"How peaceful a country is depends on the internal structures,
institutions, and attitudes that sustain and promote peace as well
as on external factors," said Clyde McConaghy, board director of the
IEP.
"This year's top five countries, and more peaceful countries in
general, have certain things in common: well functioning
governments, stable business environments, respect for human rights,
low levels of corruption, high rates of participation in education,
and freedom of information," McConaghy said.
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