True peacekeeping
Tomorrow, United Nations Day will be observed throughout the world. This started as a tradition since 1948. It became a public holiday starting in 1971. Fifty-one countries were the first members of the UN. Their representatives drew the proposals for the implementation of the United Nations Charter in October 1945 at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in
The forerunner of the United Nations was the
Then on the first day of the year 1942, during World War II, representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. Then
Two months before the ratification of the UN on
Previous wars that were waged were economic and conquest wars. At present, major conflicts stem from religious differences. As many efforts there are to keep global peace, so are there so many who relentlessly make war. To me, the worse that occurred after the devastations wrought by the Second World War was the 9/11 terrorist attack. This event in 2001 triggered the continuing worldwide War on Terrorism. Last week ended with news of bombings in the headlines here and abroad (in
UN celebrates 62 years of peacekeeping efforts worldwide. Will the member countries keep the foundations for a global temple for peace or is it the other way around? Will they advance their selfish political agenda using a global structure to attain their ambitions for world power? It is difficult, for example, that even to this day, we have a United Nations, but some nations are not members. The perfect example is
The truth is, peacekeeping really begins within the heart. Unless this is so with all people and all nations, no organization can successfully prevent war.
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