Everyone on Earth knows that peace is the best state a person can be in. Nobody wants war, devastation, hunger and fear. But, unfortunately, no matter how hard we try to maintain quiet relations in conflicts, war and hostilities one way or another, in one place or another arise with increasing regularity. Scientists have calculated that since 1945 there have been only 25 peaceful days on Earth. Strengthening peace on Earth is a priority task for all countries and joint organizations.
Eternal Peace
Eternal ideas were thought about in ancient Greece. But even then, Plato expressed the opinion that war is the natural state of peoples, and this cannot be changed.
Even those who waged merciless wars came forward with the ideas of eternal peace. Napoleon I wanted to strengthen equality throughout Europe, but other countries could only be subjugated by force.
Strengthening peaceon earth is no easy task. Prince Alexei Malinovsky was sure that enmity was being stirred up by ambassadors, and their activities should be stopped.
Particular importance was attached to the prevention of mass conflicts after the First World War. Then the League of Nations was created, the purpose of which was to disarm the main aggressors. But, as we know from history, this did not lead to anything good, and in 1939 the Second World War broke out. But after it, the idea of creating a technology for regulating conflicts and strengthening peace became truly relevant and necessary.
UN
The United Nations was established in 1945 to maintain friendly relations between states and prevent major conflicts. Today, it includes 191 countries, almost all the states existing on Earth. Is it possible to say that the UN has a huge influence on the politics of the powers? Not entirely true, but over the course of its 70-year existence, the organization still managed to prevent several serious battles.
The UN clearly played its role in the history of the Berlin crisis (1948-1949), the Cuban missile crisis (1962) and the Middle East crisis (1963). Now the influence of the organization has somewhat diminished, and many terrorist-minded rulers do not want to listen to the world community. It can be said that the UN has outlived its usefulness in terms of fulfilling its functions, and now we need to look for new technologies for strengthening peace.
Peacekeeping
A huge number of people are readyoffer selfless help in difficult situations. They are called volunteers. But there is a special kind of volunteers who interfere in the internecine affairs of states. They are called peacekeepers.
Consolidation of peace is impossible in some cases without peacekeeping. Since the late 1990s, there have been several examples of successful intervention in conflicts and prevention of hostilities. First of all, this is the operation in Kosovo (1999), in East Timor (2002-2005).
Today, peacekeeping operations are carried out in two directions:
1. Based on UN decisions.
2. Based on decisions of religious organizations (NATO, African Union) or allied states (CIS, Eurasian Union).
Most conflicts in the world today are civil wars. Strengthening peace in this case is complicated by the fact that the parties are completely unwilling to listen to the opinions and advice of third parties. In these matters, the peacekeepers are powerless.
Pacifism
Another direction known in all countries is pacifism. An ideology whose supporters completely rule out the possibility of violence in order for evil to disappear. That is, we will not offend anyone, and then there will be world peace.
Pacifists firmly believe that any conflict can be resolved peacefully. Their hearts are filled with kindness and light, and for any slap they substitute the other side of the face, claiming that surrender breeds aggression.
Nobel Peace Prize
Since 1901, the famous award has been presented to outstanding figures for the promotion of peace. This work is extremely difficult, because it is very difficult to maintain peace even within your own country. The most interesting thing is that the nominees were B. Mussolini and A. Hitler. They wanted to give the main prize to Lenin for the idea of creating a Soviet society, but the Civil War prevented the presentation. But the honored worker Mahatma Gandhi was never given the award, although he was nominated 12 times. Many believe that this is the only person who truly deserves respect.
There are a lot of contradictions in the Nobel Peace Prize, because strengthening peace is a very difficult task that is unlikely to ever be solved.
