The Main Event: Reconciliation in Iraq

(NECN) - A recent journey to Iraq may have possibly changed the future of the country. It all began with a program known as "Institute for Global Leadership" at Tufts University. Part of the "Iraq Project"

The program drew on lessons from Ireland and South Africa, to create a process of reconciliation for Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish and other factions from Iraq. The journey led up to two conferences, months apart, in Helsinki, Finland, where reconciliation principals were agreed upon. It all culminated in a historic announcement this past weekend in Baghdad. Sherman Teichman, and Jamshed Bharucha were there every step of the way. Teichman is Director of the institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University and Bharucha is the Tufts provost who attended the Helsinki conference which led to the events this past Saturday in Baghdad, where Nour Al-Maliki announced the signing of a reconciliation agreement.