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WHAT
WE ARE FACING
Threats to peace and security include not just
international war and conflict but civil violence,
organized crime, terrorism and weapons of mass
destruction. Poverty, deadly infectious disease
and environmental degradation can have equally
catastrophic consequences. Ending wars is not
enough; building peace is essential to ensure
a more just, more secure world.
DID YOU KNOW?
- 12% of children in conflict regions do not
reach their first birthday
- Sexual violence
is frequently used as a weapon of war
- Land mines
kill and mutilate up to 10,000 children a year
- HIV/AIDS
is rampant in war-affected countries
- 300,000
child soldiers are fighting in more than 36
conflicts worldwide
LEARN MORE
A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility
Peace and Security - UN
United
Nations Peacekeeping
United Nations Children in Armed Conflict Department
Peace and Security Agenda - UNICEF
Peace and Security through Disarmament
Peace and
Governance – UNU
Sport for Development and Peace - UN
GET INVOLVED
UN Volunteers and Peace - UNV
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
PeaceJam
Sport for Development and Peace International
Working Group
Doctors Without Borders
Peace Boat
Find out more
NGOs
advancing the MDGs
UN DPI Affiliated NGOs
UN Ecosoc Affiliated NGOs
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Betsy Johnson, Astoria,
is upset so many people lack access to safe
drinking water |
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Eric
Williams, Queens, wants the world to
do something about preventable diseases
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Larry
Kushner, Manhattan, is shocked about a
billion people
living
in poverty |
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Jeremy
Kressner, Bronx,
calls on leaders to protect human rights |
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