Did you know?
- By 2030, the number of persons
15-24 years of age is projected to grow to nearly 1.3 billion.
- Around 87 per cent of youth live in
developing countries, and 30 per cent live in fragile and
conflict-affected countries.
- Young people are key agents of
change in building just and peaceful societies.
"The road to a lasting
peace:
Leveraging the power of youth for peace and security."
UN
Peacekeeping helps countries navigate the difficult path from
conflict to peace.
We have unique
strengths, including legitimacy, burden sharing, and an ability to deploy
troops and police from around the world, integrating them with civilian
peacekeepers to address a range of mandates set by the UN Security Council and
General Assembly.
#PEACE #UN #PEACEKEEPING #HWPL #DPCW_1038
#DPCW #IPYG #IWPG
As good as the intention is, UN peacekeeping efforts have proven largely ineffective in many conflict-ravaged areas of the world. What we need is a legal instrument such as the DPCW that prevents conflicts breaking out in the first place.
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