#together4peace

[loadekola-blog]

Happy International Peace Day 2017 Today as we celebrate the day of peace, I wish to share these beautiful #Youth4Peace pictures from the International Youth Day 2017 that we, at the Ambassadors of Africa (@AOAfricaOrg) recently hosted in Ondo State, Nigeria. We must all know that the important role that youths can, and must play in deterring and resolving conflicts are key constituents in ensuring the success of both peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts. Therefore, we have to all play our parts in building global peace because sustainable development cannot be realized without peace and security. To achieve global peace, it must start with individuals having peace of mind which will in turn spread to others. Peace within the family is also very crucial because as the smallest unit of the society, it goes a long way in determining how much of peaceful coexistence we can achieve in the world. So, international peace starts with you and I. It is only when we love one another that we can indeed live peaceably. #ShareLove Show love to someone today and do your part in building global peace. #PeaceDay #Together4Peace #YouthDay #IYD2017 #ActOn2250 #TeamAOA #YouthMatter #WeMatter #GlobalPeace #Peace #Love #Empathy #SDGs #GlobalGoals #SustainableDevelopment

[donateyoursweat]

Let’s work together for sustainable peace for a sustainable future...

[rosemanj-blog]

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - #JimiHendrix . . . . . . Presenting #Peaceful #AbstractArt now available under the "Abstract" section of my store www.etsy.com/shop/love4everroses . . . . . . #InternationalDayOfPeace #Together4Peace #PeaceDay #Art #CommissionsOpen #Abstract #Peace #Love #Respect #SothebysAuction #ChristiesAuction #PhillipsDePuryAuction #TimesSquare #VoteforPeace #PeaceParty #PeaceMadeMeDoIt #PeaceoverPower #Roses #PalmettoRose #PalmRose #ROSEMANJ #ArtForSale #ArtWorld #RoseBouquet #CustomArt

[unpeacekeeping]

[ukun-newyork]

Today the United Nations honors the 129 men and women who lost their lives last year while serving in UN Peacekeeping operations. They came from 50 countries and made the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of peace.

[ayundawulan]

#Repost @unitednations ・・・ Thanks to @elyxyak for supporting the International Day of #UnitedNations Peacekeepers! Today we thank the brave women and men from around the world who are working on the front lines for #UN peacekeeping -- and we remember the more than 3,300 peacekeepers who have given their lives for the cause of peace. We honour them all. #UN70 #together4peace #peacekeeping

[go-vote-stop-harper-blog-blog]

CANADIAN PEACEKEEPING: Proud Tradition, Strong Future?

May 29th is The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers and is commemorated each year to salute the men and women who serve in some of the world’s most volatile and dangerous environments to  manage complex crises that threaten international peace and security. According to the latest data from their website, in April 2015, there were 107,805 UN peacekeepers in operation throughout the globe.  \

122 of them were Canadian. 

            The Conservatives have turned away from peacekeeping,     instead spending billions of dollars on war-fighting. 

Retired Canadian general Roméo Dallaire, perhaps the world’s most famous face of peacekeeping, devoted much of his speech as he resigned from the Senate, to Canada’s shifting priorities. “Today, we point to the humanitarian aid dollars we’ve given, which are never enough, and proclaim we’ve done our part. Today, we have more sabre-rattling and less credibility, more expressions of concern and less contingency planning, more endless consultation with allies, or so we are told, and less real action being taken, and more empty calls for respect for human rights and less actual engagement with the violators.”   He said, “This is an outright abandonment. Any description that tries to minimize that is creating a falsehood in Canada’s position.” 

Peacekeeping has a place of pride in the Canadian national identity. The Canadian government has a strong mandate from the public to contribute to UN peacekeeping and a long-standing heritage to uphold.  

In the conflict-ridden world, there are both great challenges and new opportunities for a new Canadian government in 2015 to help the UN to develop a robust and more effective peacekeeping approach, and thereby regain its position as a leading UN peacekeeper. 

Find out which countries provide military experts, troops and police to UN Peacekeeping. You can sort contributions by type, or search individual countries for the most recent statistics.

http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/contributors.shtml

[sitemmy]

Today is UN Peacekeeping Day - 29 May UN Peacekeeping . In 2014, 126 #bluehelmets lost their lives in cause of peace. Peacekeepers are deployed in some of the world's most challenging environments and face increasingly complex and difficult tasks. Friday's International Peacekeepers Day is a chance to honour the brave women and men from all over the world who have served over the nearly 70 years of peacekeeping -- and who continue to put themselves on the front lines for peace. More at: http://bit.ly/1cSDtzA #PKDay #Together4Peace

[unpeacekeeping]

Our engineers play a key role in our peacekeeping missions, working with host countries, UN agencies, and others to improve electricity provisions, air strips, and make roads passable.

Here a Nepalese Engineering Company serving with the UN Mission in DRCongo repairs a road between Aveba, Bukiring and Tchabi by installing a steel culvert. This culvert will help prevent the road from getting washed away by rain water. ‪#‎Working4Peace‬

[unpeacekeeping]

Send a message of peace! 

Last month the UN Postal Administration unveiled a set of 6 new UN Peacekeeping stamps in tribute to all women and men serving in peacekeeping operations. You can order these limited edition stamps here: http://bit.ly/1UDHs4r

[unpeacekeeping]

Head of UN Peacekeeping, Hervé Ladsous, is in #SouthSudan to visit our peacekeeping mission in the country [link to UNMISS], check on the implementation of the peace accord, the setting up of the Transitional Government of National Unity and listen to the people. 

He will also be visiting UN Peacekeeping protection of civilians sites in Bentiu and Malakal.

[unpeacekeeping]

These school children stole our hearts as they sang for a peaceful future in ‪#‎SouthSudan‬ on Peacekeepers Day at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan's (UNMISS) headquarters. Watch their performance here: https://www.facebook.com/unpeacekeeping/posts/10153539331626003

13 peacekeepers died while serving in South Sudan in 2015. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1sonGAK

[unpeacekeeping]

"They were not supporting peace in the abstract – they were in the arena. They lost their lives doing critical work in some of the most dangerous and difficult places on earth”   - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

[unpeacekeeping]

Today we unveiled our new UN Peacekeeping stamps at the World Stamp Show-NY 2016! These stamps were made in commemoration of Peacekeepers Day which is celebrated tomorrow on 29 May. #PKDay #Together4Peace

[unpeacekeeping]

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is only 2 days away and we’re excited! #PKDay #Together4Peace Just as excited as these young boys ‘dancing for peace’ in the city of Aveba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. UN Peacekeeping has been in DR Congo since 2010 and works to protect civilians and consolidate peace. Video Credit: Abel Kavanagh/ UN Mission in DRCongo

[unpeacekeeping]

DID YOU KNOW? The largest UN peacekeeping mission is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read more about our 16 peacekeeping missions here: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/operations/ #PKDay #Together4Peace