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The price of peace is less than the cost of war!

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Global spending on war is staggering. But UN peacekeeping is helping to maintain peace, foster reconciliation, promote democracy, and build the foundation for long-term stability in 18 missions around the world - each of which the U.S. has voted for - ensuring that no one nation pays all the bills or takes all the risks in promoting international stability and security.

But, the U.S. government isn't keeping its commitment to UN peacekeeping. If Congress doesn’t act this year, we will owe the UN more than $1 billion for UN peacekeeping. This is equivalent to less than one week of U.S. spending in Iraq!

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International Peacekeepers Day!

Today is International Peacekeepers Day! It honors the 200,000 men and women who will serve as UN ‘Blue Helmets’ this year, risking their lives in the pursuit of peace. These troop...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:27:00 GMT

Keeping the Peace: Lebanon

Keeping the Peace: LebanonTwo steps are generally required to stop an on-going conflict through diplomacy at the United Nations. When combatants become convinced that they have more to gain from peac...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:16:00 GMT

Keeping the Peace: Southern Sudan

Keeping the Peace: Southern SudanThese days, when one hears about a bloodbath in Sudan thoughts immediately drift to Darfur, Sudan's beleaguered western region where an estimated 200,000-400,000 peop...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:14:00 GMT

Keeping the Peace: Haiti

Keeping the Peace: HaitiIn 1991 Haitian military officers deposed the popular and democratically elected president, Jean Bertrand Aristide. Aristide fled to the United States, but his remaining suppor...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:12:00 GMT

Posts on Peace

Throughout May and in coordination with the Price of Peace campaign, UN Dispatch will present "Posts on Peace," a month of insights on conflict and its causes, whether it be political instability, cu...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:07:00 GMT

Price of Peace Campaign Launched!

Warning that the United States risks being $1 billion in debt to the United Nations for international peacekeeping efforts, the Better World Campaign announced today the launch of its new web-based ca...
Posted by on Mon, 07 May 2007 11:01:00 GMT