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The Department of Peace Operations ( DPO) (French: Département des opérations de maintien de la paix) is a department of the United Nations charged with the planning, preparation, management and direction of UN peacekeeping operations. Previously known as the Department of Peacekeeping Operations ( DPKO ), it was created in March 1992, as ...
The Charter of the United Nations ( UN) is the foundational treaty of the United Nations. [ 1] It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and overall framework of the UN system, including its six principal organs: the Secretariat, the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of ...
Assertion 8 states that women have played a role in the history of humanity’s struggles for national liberation and global peace, including international struggles against imperialism and racism. Assertion 9 states that world development and international peace require equal more participation of women at all levels.
The Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace was the name given for a conference convened by the United Nations during 4–15 September 1995 in Beijing, China. [ 1] At this conference, governments from around the world agreed on a comprehensive plan to achieve global legal equality, known as the Beijing ...
Resolution 1325 was the first formal and legal document from the Security Council that required parties in a conflict to prevent violations of women's rights, to support women's participation in peace negotiations and in post-conflict reconstruction, and to protect women and girls from wartime sexual violence.
The Partnership for Peace ( PfP; French: Partenariat pour la paix) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) program aimed at creating trust and cooperation between the member states of NATO and other states mostly in Europe, including post-Soviet states; 18 states are members. [ 1] The program contains 6 areas of cooperation, which aims ...
Declaration. 1. We, the Governments participating in the Fourth World Conference on Women, 2. gathered here in Beijing in September 1995, the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, 3. determined to advance the goals of equality, development and peace for all women everywhere in the interest of all humanity,
The council’s managing director, Rawiri Manawatu, says global warming, urban sprawl and the spread of invasive plants and wildlife have wreaked havoc on the country’s ecosystem.