Professor Abdul- Monaf AL-Jadiry from The Jordanian University in Amman was presenting this study to the meeting. 
Violence is aggressive behaviour that may be physically, sexually or emotionally abusive. The aggressive behaviour is conducted by an individual or group against another, or others. It is anything that denies human integrity and leads to hopelessness and helplessness.
The World Health Organization ( “WHO”) in its first World Report on Violence and Health defined violence as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation.”
Religious and political ideologies have been the cause of interpersonal violence, and violent riots, political repression, ethnic cleansing and genocide throughout history.
The fact that Iraqi civilians are the main victims of the attacks is increasingly being stressed in reports, interviews and comments.
Results from the Iraq Family Health Survey (IFHS), which was conducted in 2006 and 2007, provide new evidence on mortality in Iraq. Violence is a leading cause of death for Iraqi adults and was the main cause of death in men between the ages of 15 and 59 years during the first 3 years after the year 2003.
Now a broad interdisciplinary effort is getting under way to explore the biological nature and origins of violence. It is also shedding new light on how environmental influences, by affecting the brain, can trigger violence. In time, these insights and discoveries could lead to practical action that may inhibit violent acts.
Professor Al-Jadirey concluded that in order to transform violence into better conflict resolution, all disciplines and sectors must have input on issues that concern them. As we all learn the origins and consequences of violence, we become better equipped to resist and prevent it in our own lives.
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