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Stories from the UN Archive: Keeping the peace over decades

Stories from the UN Archive: Keeping the peace over decades

Some missions were accomplished. Others continue today. Since the Organization’s inception at the end of the Second World War, UN Member States have scrambled to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” by deploying their collective efforts to prevent the kind of utter devastation that global conflict brought to Europe, Africa, Asia and beyond,…

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Peshawar: Protest of teachers and employees for increase in salaries, police shilling, lathi charge

Peshawar: Protest of teachers and employees for increase in salaries, police shilling, lathi charge

(Photo: Video screenshot) Peshawar: Employees of other government institutions, including teachers, protested against only 10 percent salary hike and pension reforms, on which the police lathi-charged and pelted them. According to Express News, the teachers and other employees gathered at No. 1 school and decided to march from the school to Assembly Chowk in the…

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Explainer: Five Tools for Keeping Peace

Explainer: Five Tools for Keeping Peace

Their tireless efforts span from monitoring ceasefire agreements to protecting civilians, rebuilding key infrastructure and facilitating elections to help countries and communities transition from war to peace. Peacekeepers can be soldiers, police officers, engineers, doctors, veterinarians, human rights officers, justice and corrections officers, radio producers, environmental scientists and surveillance experts. When we think about keeping…

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