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Assertions 16 and 17 state that women must play a significant role in continuing international peace and world development following the World Plan of Action. Summary of Declaration of Principles. Principles 1-5 establish equality between men and women as being defined by the acquisition of full and equal rights and opportunities for women.
The United Nations Volunteers ( UNV) programme is a United Nations organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benefits both society at large and ...
Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. [2] The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to their levels of ...
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 ...
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ( CEIP) is a nonpartisan international affairs think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., with operations in Europe, South and East Asia, and the Middle East as well as the United States. [ 1] Founded in 1910 by Andrew Carnegie, the organization describes itself as being dedicated to advancing ...
Dialog and Peace Award. Niagara Foundation. Individuals or organizations whp have demonstrated strong commitment to serving their community while maintaining a global mindset (from 2006) United States. Albert Einstein Peace Prize. Albert Einstein Peace Prize Foundation. (from 1980) United States.
The Global Peace Foundation (GPF) is an international nonprofit organization with a stated mission to promote “an innovative, values-based approach to peacebuilding, guided by the vision of One Family under God.” [2] [3] GPF partners with government ministries, [4] [5] community and faith-based organizations, [6] and United Nations offices [7] to develop and execute programs in 20 countries.
Latin American involvement in international peacekeeping dates back to the start of United Nations peacekeeping efforts with the Organization's founding in the 1940s but has seen a sharp acceleration in recent years. The military establishments of the larger nations of Latin America (with the notable exception of Mexico) have consistently ...