Peacebuilding and Security: The Work of the United Nations

The work of the United Nations and other peace and security focused organizations has shown us in the last two decades that there are many of these paths and not all of them work for all states in the world. What might work in Africa might not work in China.

Peacebuilding, and peacekeeping for that matter, are not easy roads. Over the past two decades, the world has changed, the way we go about listening and communicating has changed, how we choose to communicate, and dialog has changed.

With the grip of text messaging and social media platforms we are times when there are many ways to digest and deliver messages. The news of a bombing in Palestine may reach interested politic factions and parties in minutes when it took at least several hours to learn about who and what for.

Faster outlets are changing the way we digest information. This affects the art of peacebuilding, peacekeeping, and security. How can we organize these outlets for communication to keep documentation steady as leaders prepare for responses and the like? Are extra staff needed to come through emails and texts to make sure leaders of states are informed in the best way? How are these staff members prepared to come through sensitive, timely information?

The United Nation is a machine with thousands of people involved in its structure. It is also always looking for new employees to carryout important peacebuilding and security efforts. They way it is keeping up as an example of how we change and adapt to the needs and the pressures of the world, peace, and wars happening.

The paths to peace have increased over the years. Delegations are taking over to meet securely in facilities where the real work is being done. We are staying indoors by the minute as important voices and collaborators discuss, display, and diagnose what might be needed in Israel or Iran. The decisions that need to be made are of the best interest of the world because we are all connected.

Security issues are of a different level. Protecting clean water, women, and children, or data provides technology and training that is harder to come by. However, the United Nations and its many partners are finding answers and solutions, or locals in places such as India or in West Africa are coming up with their own solutions.

Sit-downs with local leaders or leaders of villages are using age old tactics to address famine, wars, of the raping of women. Restorative Justice tactics are being used to return community back to more civil times. The empowerment of woman is a leading tactic in governments across the world which is being to close education gaps or poverty.

The paths Towards peace or security will transform our world as we know it. International exchanges and more frequently happening dialog are suited for a world where resources are not being evenly shared or distributed. What will the world look like when some of the most harmful sanctions are lifted from some of the world’s most impoverished countries and states? What will this bring to the hope of children?

I believe the United Nations will figure this out. I believe they know the paths to peace and security are in the path and safety of the world’s children. How will they define or streamline peacekeeping issues with the plight of the world’s children in mind?

That path has yet to be determined but with the fate of our states, the world hanging in the balance, the leadership of the United Nations will have to figure it out.