TODAY, as the global community commemorates the International Day of Peace, many parts of the world are far from being peaceful
lict afflict many countries. Violent crimes, brutal dictatorship, and tension reign in others. Global warfare on the scale of the two world wars may be absent, or wide regional conflicts restrained, but the world is not at peace.
Observed since 1982 by UN member states, the IDP is “devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and people.” Sadly, humanity’s efforts to build peace are constantly subverted. Though wars between the major world powers have been avoided, proxy wars fought through smaller nations abound among and within nations, by internal political, military and sectarian factions. Terrorism denies many countries of peace.
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